Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Daily Archives

Samsung Biologics preps to build fifth Korean plant

CDMO Samsung Biologics is preparing to construct a fifth biomanufacturing facility after acquiring 10,000 m2 of land in Songdo, Korea. In 2020, Samsung Biologics laid plans for a fourth ‘super plant’ at its site in Songdo, Incheon at a cost of over 2 trillion Korean won—roughly equivalent to $2 billion. Construction of the facility, which will house 256,000 liters of mammalian production capacity, is underway but in the meantime the contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) has made a move…

MilliporeSigma to support SaudiVax in developing first halal vaccine

SaudiVax has selected Merck KGaA to help design a Saudi-based facility to localize manufacturing of vaccines and biologics in the region. SaudiVax is expected to become the first developer and manufacturer of halal biotherapeutics and vaccines in Saudi Arabia and has turned to German Merck’s contract development manufacturing (CDMO) services and single-use technologies – MilliporeSigma – to help design a multi-modality manufacturing plant. The plant will be located at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) campus, north…