Regulators In Focus As Amgen Launches Innovative Biologics Plant In Singapore
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Amgen launched a biologics manufacturing plant in Singapore that required one-quarter of the capital investment of a conventional operation, operates one-third cheaper and took half the time to build. The company plans to build a second one at the same site, but clinical and GMP certifications mean waiting until 2016 before commercial output.
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