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Lonza invests in modular production

by Michael McCoy
July 31, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 31

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Credit: Lonza
A rendering of new facilities Lonza plans to build at its Visp, Switzerland, site.
A rendering of new facilities Lonza plans to build at its Visp, Switzerland, site.
Credit: Lonza
A rendering of new facilities Lonza plans to build at its Visp, Switzerland, site.

The big contract manufacturer Lonza will build facilities at its Visp, Switzerland, headquarters site to house modular biomanufacturing units that will be marketed under the name Ibex Solutions. The first of five planned buildings will house a previously announced joint venture with Sanofi. Because the firm will build ahead of demand, customers can reduce their time to market for new biologic drugs by 12 months or more, Lonza says. The initiative will create several hundred new jobs, the company adds.

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