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Outsourcing

Lonza expands mammalian-cell manufacturing

by Rick Mullin
May 15, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 18

 

A photo of a biomanufacturing facility.
Credit: Lonza
Lonza's mammalian cell culture facility in Portsmouth

Citing a strong customer pipeline and increasing demand for biologic drugs, Lonza says it will invest $936 million in mammalian cell manufacturing at its plants in Visp, Switzerland, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In Visp, the contract manufacturer will add six 20,000 L bioreactors by 2024, at a cost of $716 million. In Portsmouth, Lonza will spend $220 million to add up to eight 2,000 L bioreactors supporting clinical-to-commercial-scale manufacturing.

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