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