Facility Design and Engineering

The expansion will include a new 25,000-ft2 warehouse, a filling line for flexible plastic containers, a high-speed automated syringe fill line with the ability to fill up to 600 units per minute, and a high-speed automated visual inspection line.

The new super plant, being built in Incheon, South Korea, will have a total biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity of 256,000 L.

The agreement follows a recent announcement that Sartorius plans to invest $100 million in Songdo, South Korea’s bio cluster.

The partners have established PathoQuest, Inc., a US subsidiary, and will construct an NGS-based testing lab at Charles River’s Wayne, PA, site.

The announcement comes after the company saw growth and performance in Asia and decided to continue the expansion of biopharmaceutical manufacturing in the region.

The 110,000 ft2 site, which is set to be operational by the second half of 2021, will feature new technology including 2000-L scale bioreactors and additional fill-finish capabilities.

The new facility, which is expected to be operational by mid-2026, will utilize cell-based technology to produce influenza vaccines for influenza pandemics and seasonal vaccination programs, both in Australia and globally.

The agreement will provide capacity for the manufacturing of AZD7442, currently being developed for the potential prevention and treatment of COVID-19, at Lonza's Portsmouth, NH site.

In the wake of its efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, the company has secured two additional properties in the Gaithersburg, MD area.

The company is investing $64.5 million to open new facilities in Germany and Japan to expand its overall capacity.

A virtual ribbon cutting, tour, and panel discussions were hosted on Oct. 29, 2020 to announce the opening of BioCentriq on the campus of the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ.

The facility will include a high-speed sterile line for live virus filling, a line for standard fill/finish, cleanroom capacity, labs, warehousing, and offices to support production.

The new facility at the company’s San Diego, CA, site will be for late phase and commercial CGMP manufacturing.

Virtual Touring allows companies to inspect and visit vendor and contract partner sites remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Automation, digitalization, and supply-chain strategies help mitigate vulnerabilities in both autologous and allogeneic cell therapy manufacturing.

The 60,000-ft2 facility was built using CRB’s ONEsolution project delivery method and was designed to expand GRAM’s large-scale fill/finish capacity.

The facility for early-phase clinical biologics formulation development and drug product fill/finish services will be integrated with an existing Catalent facility nearby.

The renovations are expected to be completed by Feb. 1, 2021 and, upon completion, Aphena will move its corporate headquarters to the new location.

BioNTech plans to produce up to 250 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, in the first half of 2021.

The new facility will produce cell therapies for clinical evaluation from discovery through to Phase 2b trials while expanding Takeda’s abilities to develop next-generation cell therapies.

In addition to increasing production, Thermo Fisher will create 1000 jobs across its global manufacturing sites to further automation capabilities and optimize warehouse and sterilization capacity.

The investment will include new manufacturing lines and increased automation to deliver additional manufacturing capacity.

The investment at its Madison, WI, facility will expand MilliporeSigma’s capacity for high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredient production and allow for continuous flow manufacturing of ADCs.

The company is investing $130 million to add Phase III through commercial-scale manufacturing suites to its gene therapy campus in Harmans, MD.

The new facility will be adjacent to Thermo Fisher’s newly expanded biologics manufacturing facility.

The new line will add capacity to Catalent’s pipeline of clinical programs and commercial launches at the site.

The companies have signed a partnership agreement to provide extractables and leachables testing at the SG US Technology Excellence Center in Boston, MA.

Facility and equipment design are important, but the team and its experience matter most.

Oxford Biomedica will reserve capacity for AstraZeneca in three of its manufacturing suites in its new commercial manufacturing center, Oxbox, for 18 months.

The facility offers office, production, sampling, and warehouse space and delivers products to all major global markets.