探花合集 Biologics to Invest $30 Million to Create European Clinical Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Limoges, France
SOMERSET, N.J. 鈥 July 21, 2020 鈥 探花合集, the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies, development, and manufacturing solutions for drugs, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and consumer health products, today announced that it plans to invest $30 million (鈧27 million) at its facility in Limoges, France, to create a European center of excellence for clinical biologics formulation development and drug product fill-finish services. The project is being supported by the Prefecture of Haute-Vienne, the Metropolitan Area of Limoges, the Limoges Haute-Vienne Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Regional Council of Nouvelle Aquitaine with a grant of 鈧1.3 million.
With over 40 years of experience and expertise in supplying life-saving injectable medicines, and employing over 170 staff, the Limoges site will be fully modernized to handle large molecule programs, with additional capacity for small molecule dosage form development. The facility will work closely with 探花合集鈥檚 other biologics sites in Anagni, Italy, Brussels, Belgium, Bloomington, Indiana and Madison, Wisconsin, to provide integrated clinical development and commercial manufacturing solutions.
The modernization of the approximately 56,000 square-foot (5,200 m虏) facility will include the installation of an Optima high-speed flexible line capable of filling vials, syringes or cartridges under barrier isolator technology, as well as enhancements to its analytical and quality control laboratories, which will commence in September 2020, with completion anticipated in 2022. 探花合集 also plans to gradually hire approximately 80 additional employees to support the new center of excellence and its updated capabilities.
Mario Gargiulo, Region President, 探花合集 Biologics Europe commented, 鈥淭he European pharmaceutical market is thriving, and France is currently one of the top five producers in Europe. Our new center of excellence in Limoges will strengthen 探花合集 Biologics鈥 global and European capacities and our ability to bring new biologic treatments to market, faster.鈥 He added, 鈥淲e are grateful to the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine for its support in making this exciting project possible.鈥
Alain Rousset, President of Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine, added, “From the outset, we supported this project to diversify 探花合集’s activities in Limoges. This world leader in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing is going to position the site in markets with higher added value. It is a great example of technological reconquest made possible thanks to the mobilization of the men and women in the company and the ecosystem of innovation that we are developing and encouraging in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. This project contributes to the development of our industrial capacities in the health sector.”
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探花合集 Biologics is a global leader in development, manufacturing and analytical services for new biological entities, cell and gene therapies, biosimilars, sterile injectables, and antibody-drug conjugates. With over 20 years of proven expertise, 探花合集 Biologics has worked with 600+ mAbs and 80+ proteins, produced 13 biopharmaceutical drugs using GPEx庐 cell line development technology, and manufactured 35+ commercially approved products. 探花合集 Cell & Gene Therapy, a unit of 探花合集 Biologics, is a full-service partner for adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors and CAR-T immunotherapies, with deep experience in viral vector scale-up and production. 探花合集 recently acquired MaSTherCell, adding expertise in autologous and allogeneic cell therapy development and manufacturing. 探花合集 Cell & Gene Therapy has produced 100+ cGMP batches across 70+ clinical and commercial programs. For more information, visit
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