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WuXi acquires UK-based cell therapy specialist

by Rick Mullin
March 5, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 8

 

The China-based pharmaceutical services firm WuXi AppTec has acquired Oxgene, a UK-based firm specializing in cell and gene therapy technologies, for a reported $135 million. Oxgene, which will retain its name, will be WuXi’s first European gene therapy services operation. Oxgene has developed technologies for adeno-associated viral and lentiviral manufacturing. Other large drug services firms, notably Thermo Fisher Scientific and Catalent, have entered the gene therapy arena via acquisition in recent years.

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