PHARMACEUTICAL & BIOTECHNOLOGY

INDUSTRY UPDATE

August 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNITED STATES

·         N.C. Biotech Center to Launch Marine Biotechnology Center

·         Nypro Expanding

·         Novo Nordisk Plans U.S. Headquarters

·         Millennium Science Complex Nears Finish

·         Bosch Sells Line to Pharmalucence

·         Medicago cGMP Vaccine Facility, North Carolina, USA

·         Cubist Pharmaceuticals Facility Expansion, Lexington, USA

·         Smithsonian Builds Green Lab

·         Watson to Expand Salt Lake City Facility

·         Sanyo Installs Cell Processing Workstation at University of Alabama

·         YRMC Expanding Hospital Buildings

·         Nanopore Expanding

·         Hospital Gains Efficiencies and Cuts Space

·         Brinkman Dedicates ORNL Materials Research Facility

·         StemCells, Inc. Relocates Headquarters and Labs

·         Sherpa Opens CTM Facility

·         Vince & Associates Opens Neuropsychiatric Center

Rest of the World

·         SAFC Plans New Facility

·         Daiichi Sankyo and Ranbaxy to Expand in Mexico

·         Angel Re-Commission Plant

·         Novo Nordisk to Build in Denmark

·         ClinTec Expands into China, Singapore and Thailand

·         Novartis Starts Construction in St. Petersburg

·         Gerresheimer Extends Plant in the Czech Republic

·         Labtec Opens Facility for Patches and Films

·         Vetter Invests in Additional Lyophilisation Capacity

·         Expansion at SAFC Plant in Scotland

·         Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Plans Expansion

·         Merck and Simcere Sign China Joint Venture

·         Merck Animal Health Breaks Ground for Vaccine Plant Expansion

·         Indian Government Institute Gets Funding for Food Testing Lab

·         Vetter Completes Structural Work at New Ravensburg Facility

·         Jerusalem:  The Biotech Capital

·         Gen-Probe Life Sciences Completes Consolidation

·         Granules and Ajinomoto OmniChem to Open Indian API Facility

·         Ghana’s Biotech Lab Operational in November