Tuesday, January 8, 2019 Daily Archives

Fujifilm pumps $111m into its US biologics and stem cell network

Fujifilm Corporation will increase capacity at its North Carolina CDMO site to feed demand for mammalian and microbial manufacturing. The firm is also opening a $21m induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell plant in Wisconsin. Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB), a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) division of Japan’s Fujifilm Corporation, plans to invest JPY 10 billion ($90 million) into its site in Morrisville, North Carolina. “This expansion is driven by continued demand for our manufacturing capability given that our customer’s…