Facility Design and Engineering

PPD has opened its new multipurpose clinical research laboratory in Suzhou, China, which offers bioanalytical, biomarker, and vaccine sciences services for China and the global market.

Expected to be completed by 2022, the new addition is part of the Samsung Biologics’ long-term strategy to become a fully integrated global biopharmaceutical company.

The Discovery Labs has signed a foundational lease with the University of Pennsylvania Gene Therapy Program to build a new life sciences cluster in King of Prussia, Pa.

The new line can fill prefilled syringes, cartridges, and vials using ready-to-use components.

Almac Sciences is investing in the expansion of its continuous flow chemistry equipment as an additional project to its previously announced £5-million (US$7-million) laboratory expansion.

Under the terms of the agreement, Thermo Fisher will construct and operate a 44,000-ft2 cell therapy development, manufacturing, and collaboration center on UCSF's Mission Bay campus.

Univercells will introduce the intermediate capacity scale-X carbo system to NIBRT’s facility for hands-on demonstration and training in CGT.

BD’s new high-tech manufacturing facility in Zaragoza, Spain, will create up to 600 jobs by 2030.

The expansion in Le Mans, France will support growth in clinical and commercial manufacturing.

BioNTech plans to expand its global footprint by establishing its regional headquarters for southeast Asia and a new mRNA manufacturing facility in Singapore.

Lonza plans to invest approximately CHF 850 million (US$936 million) to build new state-of-the-art mammalian manufacturing facilities at its Visp, Switzerland, and Portsmouth, NH, sites.

Catalent has acquired Promethera Biosciences’ cell therapy manufacturing subsidiary, which includes a 32,400 ft2 facility in Gosselies, Belgium.

Moderna will double the space at its Moderna Technology Center in Norwood, MA, to transform it from a production and lab space into an industrial technology center.

AMRI will increase R&D and manufacturing capabilities for orphan and rare disease products.

Under the terms of the contract, Meissner will expand its Camarillo, Calif., manufacturing site by adding additional cleanroom manufacturing space, executing advanced inventory management systems, and adding support areas to supplement capacity.

ADMA will now have the ability to produce Bivigam at an expanded capacity with the same manufacturing scale, while using the same equipment, release testing assays, disposables, and labor force.

AkesoBio’s expanded manufacturing capacity, enabled by the addition of another Cytiva FlexFactory platform, will be used to meet current and future market needs in China as well as worldwide.

In addition to the traditional FOYA category awards, ISPE recognized two facilities for operational agility during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new facility, which will be Evotec’s first in Europe, will aim to offer capacity, flexibility, and quality for biotherapeutic development and manufacturing while utilizing technology that employs small, automated, highly intensified, and continuous bioprocessing operations inside autonomous cleanrooms.

CordenPharma’s expansion will include the addition of new production lines which will be merged into the lipid manufacturing process in April 2021.

Sartorius has expanded in the United Kingdom with the relocation to a new facility in Havant, Hampshire, for downstream processing equipment.

The agency will use technology for “voluntary remote interactive evaluations” for pre- and post-approval and other types of inspections.

The new Abzena facility will initially include four modular suites with up to two 2000-L bioreactors, followed by the addition of two more 2000 L suites.

Catalent plans to add cryogenic capabilities to its facility in Philadelphia, which will strengthen its ability to cryogenically preserve cell therapies and other biological materials.

Catalent’s new mammalian cell culture suites in Madison, Wis. use single-use bioreactor systems for CGMP clinical and commercial manufacturing.