NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE PHARMACEUTICAL FINE CHEMICAL AND CUSTOM MANUFACTURING SECTOR

Monday 28 February 2011

Samsung to establish biomanufacturing jv with Quintiles

Samsung and Qunitiles have established a joint venture to provide biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing services in South Korea. Samsung will own 90% of the joint venture company and Quintiles 10%. The jv company will construct its biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in the Incheon Free Economic Zone in South Korea and be equipped with cutting-edge technologies and 30,000L of mammalian cell culture bioreactor capacity. Groundbreaking is expected in the first half of 2011 and full-scale operation is expected to commence in April 2013.
Bloomberg Business Week

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