PHARMACEUTICAL & BIOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE
December 2011
TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNITED STATES
First U.S. Cell-Based Flu Vaccine Plant Dedicated
$8 million Facility to House Growing Biotech Companies at Fitzsimons
Catalent to Add New Plant
Eisai Opens U.S. Cancer Facility
U.S. Firm Offering Modular Plant Leases
Pfizer and MIT Host Groundbreaking for New Research Units
InVivo Expands
Hoover Precision Adding Cleanroom in Michigan
Versatile Packagers Adds Cleanroom
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Expands U.S. Operations
Auburn Breaks Ground on $29M Research Center
Caron Announces Major Expansion
Novavax Leasing cGMP Plant
South Texas Research Facility Opens at University of Texas
New Orleans BioInnovation Center
Boehringer Ingelheim Invests in U.S. Expansion Projects
Boehringer Ingelheim Launches New R&D Expansion
OSU Lands $23M for Comprehensive Cancer Center
REST OF WORLD
Accellent Opens Manufacturing Facility in Malaysia
Elan and UCD Create Irish Biotech Alliance
Agilent, Monash Partner to Create Microarray Center in Malaysia
AstraZeneca to Acquire BeiKang Pharmaceutical
Sanner Expands in Asia
Stevanato Expands
Vivimed Expands
Ethiopian Quality Control Lab Gains Accreditation
Haupt Site in Japan Successfully Inspected
Almac Diagnostics UK Facility Gets CAP Accreditation
UK Expands New Institute for Animal Health
Bilcare Opens New Bötzingen, Germany Line
FDA Clears BioMarin Plant Expansion
Schott and Xinkang Form Joint Venture in China
ShangPharma Opening Facility
Pharmaceutical Action in Ireland
Contec Expands China Facility
Work Begins at Colchester General Hospital and Essex County Hospital.
Aesica Plans Expansion
Marine Science Park Construction Underway in Argyll
New Cleanroom Facility for Chemviron Carbon
Pharmaniaga Facility Expands
Shonan Research Center Expands
Evonik Expands Laboratory and Production Capacity
RNL Opens Stem Cell Center in China
Bayer Plans Further Expansion in Asia
ICON Division Expands in Europe
inVentiv Establishes Operation in Korea
Pfizer Delays Plan for Unit in China
Horizon Pharma, Inc. and Sanofi Site USDA Approved