PHARMACEUTICAL & BIOTECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY UPDATE
October 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNITED STATES
Oregon Universities Break Ground on Life Sciences Building
Althea Technologies Biologics Manufacturing Facility Expands
Alphora Completes R&D Cyto-Lab
BASi Expands Discovery and Development Capabilities
Sequenom Building Lab in North Carolina
Consigli Construction Breaks Ground for Bigelow Laboratory Center for Ocean Health
Chiltern Opens Chicago Facility
Vetter’s Chicago Facility is Fully Operational
Roche Opens High Potency Facility
PPD Broadens Central Lab Services
HWI Global Contract for Cleanroom Pharmacy at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York
Jackson Lab Plans New $1.1B Genome Institute in Connecticut
UPM Expands Manufacturing Capability
Construction Resumes on Future Biotechnology Center
Massachusetts General Hospital Plans Cancer Center
Wistar Breaks Ground on Facility
Roquette Has New Innovation Center
Venter Institute Breaking Ground
Isis Opens New R&D Site
Biotechnology Hub at University of Miami Opens
Thermo Fisher Scientific Opens New Biomarker Translational Center
OvaGene Lab Receives CLIA Certification
Advanced Pharma CR Relocates
Waters Teams with FDA, U. of Maryland on International Food Safety Lab
Medical Center on San Juan Island
REST OF THE WORLD
Novartis Opens Vaccine Manufacturing Facility
QCIL Expands Capabilities
Expansion at Akorn
FDA Completes Inspection of Apicore Site in India
Catalent Opens Analytical Development Lab in Swindon
Quintiles Opens New European Headquarters
Maropack Builds Facility for Biologicals
Sanofi Pasteur New Manufacturing Plant in India
AstraZeneca Plans Chinese Vaccine Facility
Czech Republic Launches Life Sciences and Materials Research Center
Dong-A and Meiji Seika to Build Biosimilars Plant
Sanofi to Open Largest Manufacturing Unit in India
Eurofins Opens Central Lab in Bangalore
Pfizer to Open Pharmaceutical Plant in Saudi Arabia
ScinoPharm Preparation for Expansion
Solvias and RohnerChem Team on API Development and Manufacturing
Telstar Installs Integrated Systems at R-Pharm and Zambon
Life Technologies May Build in Renfrewshire
Sopharma Opens Serbian Plant
CMLE to Start Commercial API Production in Netherlands
Bosch Expands China Operations
SCM Pharma Launches Service
U.S.-based START Opens Center in Shanghai
Lonza Starts Stem Cell Production Pact with Mesoblast
Biotrin Opens R&D Facility
Nestlé Gets OK for UK Expansion
The International Vaccine Centre, University of Saskatchewan
Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract at New Biotechnology Park in Malaysia
PerkinElmer Opens New Lab in Egypt
Chemviron Commissions Cleanroom for Medical Devices
Granton Medical has New Cleanrooms
Porsolt Has New Preclinical Facility
Biocon Building Malaysia Plant
Catalent Announces Expansion of Its Advanced Dose Form Facility in Italy
Pfizer Invests in Ireland Plant
Major Investment in Nestlé’s York R&D Centre
Alkermes Launches Corporate Operations in Ireland
Frontage and Spaulding Team on Core Lab Services and China
Sanofi Pasteur R&D Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Opens
GSK Expands in Scotland
PharmIdea - Contract Manufacturing of Sterile Drugs in Vials and Product Development
Gerresheimer Regensburg Expands China Facility
CMC Adds Capacity at Denmark Biologics Site
Covidien Announces R&D Center in China
DaVita Opens Biorepository
Merck Serono Houses R&D Lab at Chinese CRO’s Campus
SCM to Launch Formulation Service