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ShangPharma invests $60 million for pre-clinical research & biologics manufacturing facility in Chin
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Name:
ShangPharma invests $60 million for pre-clinical research & biologics manufacturing facility in Chin
Location:
Qidong, China
Company:
ShangPharma
Estimated Cost:
$60 million
Source:
shangpharma.com
Introduction:
ShangPharma plans to establish a subsidiary in the Qidong Biopharma Industrial Zone as part of a multistage expansion project for its biologics service portfolio with an investment of $60 million.
Features:
This $60 million investment is used to build a comprehensive and multifunctional pre-clinical research facility as well as a state-of-the-art biologics manufacturing facility. The Preclinical facility will be operated by ShangPharma’s CRO division, ChemPartner and the Biologics manufacturing facility will be operated by ShangPharma’s CMO division, China Gateway Biologics. During the construction phase of the manufacturing facility, the company’s existing biologics CMC facility will continue to operate out of its Shanghai site.
The new China Gateway Biologics’ manufacturing facility will provide commercial scale operations for biopharmaceuticals. It will be comprised of one 500L single-use mammalian cell culture train for clinical phase supply and two 2000L trains for commercial manufacturing. These capabilities will be complemented with fill & finish capabilities of the appropriate scale.
The biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility shall be operational for the first client project in early 2018.