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Fujifilm open Billingham biotechnologies base

A biotechnologies manufacturer has opened a new factory on Teesside, the first of its kind in the UK.

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies has established a purpose-built cell culture facility in Billingham. The base has been commissioned and designed to cater for rapid expansion of the firm’s customer base.

Steve Bagshaw, Managing Director of Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies UK Limited said: “I am delighted that we have been able to build and commission our new GMP mammalian cell culture manufacturing facility in such a short time frame.

“This new capacity, using the latest single-use technologies, provides our customers with a full life-cycle offering for mammalian cell culture biopharmaceuticals from our UK site, and complements our offering in microbial-based biologics.

“It reinforces Fujifilm’s commitment to lead the global Biologics CMO industry through continuous innovation and implementation of new technologies.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .