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Asahi Glass to buy CMC Biologics

by Michael McCoy
January 2, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 1

Japan’s Asahi Glass has agreed to acquire CMC Biologics, a contract manufacturer of biologic drugs, for $510 million. The purchase continues the glass and chemical maker’s push into biologic drug manufacturing. In August, Asahi announced plans to buy the German contract manufacturer Biomeva. Private equity-owned CMC operates plants in Copenhagen, Seattle, and Berkeley, Calif., that produce biologic drug ingredients in mammalian and microbial hosts. It has about 530 employees.

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