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Gene Therapy

Covid-19

Merck KGaA ramps up viral vaccine and gene therapy manufacturing

by Ryan Cross
April 24, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 16

 

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A photo from Merck KGaA's virus manufacturing plant in Carlsbad, California.
Credit: Merck KGaA
Merck is investing more than $100 million in virus manufacturing.

 

Merck KGaA is investing in the contract manufacturing of viruses used in viral vaccines, gene therapy, and engineered cell therapies. The firm will spend more than $100 million on a 13,000 m2 plant in Carlsbad, California, that will more than double the combined capacity of its existing facilities in Carlsbad and Glasgow, Scotland. The new site will be equipped to make viruses for clinical trials and commercial products. Merck recently said it will support large-scale manufacturing of a COVID-19 vaccine developed at the University of Oxford.

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