Northfield Laboratories Inc. (Evanston, IL, 

) has agreed  to purchase a building it previously leased in Mt. Prospect, IL, to house its  first commercial manufacturing facility to produce PolyHeme, Northfield’s  human hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier, used to treat urgent, large-volume blood  loss in trauma and surgical settings. The company expects the plant to produce  more than 100,000 units of PolyHeme annually. Northfield will pay $6.7 million  for the property, which will also house laboratory, quality assurance, and  administrative personnel.

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Northfield Laboratories Inc. (Evanston, IL, www.northfieldlabs.com) has agreed to purchase a building it previously leased in Mt. Prospect, IL, to house its first commercial manufacturing facility to produce PolyHeme, Northfield?s human hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier, used to treat urgent, large-volume blood loss in trauma and surgical settings.