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EXPANSION

Thermo Fisher Scientific ramps up complex biologic

treatment capabilities

Thermo Fisher Scientific, US-based factured within living cells making
analytical technologies major, has them inherently more complex to manu-
expanded its manufacturing capacity facture. Thermo Fisher has decades
in St. Louis (USA) to support biologic of experience with biologics, and the
therapies for diseases ranging from ability to address the span of activi-
cancers to auto immune conditions to ties from supporting initial research to
rare genetic disorders. process development to commercial
production.
The company said it had made signi-
ficant investments since 2021 to add with greater flexibility to scale manu- The St. Louis site is integral to the
58,000 square feet of biologics manu- facturing and better serve patients who company’s global biologics network,
facturing space. The expansion adds need these unique medicines,” said which also includes facilities in North
manufacturing suites that will con- Mr. Paul Jorjorian, Thermo Fisher America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
tain up to four DynaDrive Single-Use Vice President and General Manager, The site also has a collaboration centre
Bioreactors (SUB), each of which can Biologics. where the company’s pharma services
process up to 5,000 litres. and bioproduction businesses are deve-
Unlike other drugs that are chemi- loping additional technologies, pro-
“We are providing our customers cally synthesised, biologics are manu- ducts, and services for customers.
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Saudi Arabia to host CPHI Middle East in December 2024

A new pharma industry event will The newly launched event is ex- “We are very excited to open the new
launch in 2024 with CPHI Middle East pected to witness the participation of CPHI Middle East event in Riyadh,
set to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia over 300 exhibitors, covering the entire especially as it arrives at such an exciting
from 10 to 12 December. region’s supply chain, including ingre- moment for the pharmaceutical indus-
dients, contract services, machinery, try in the region. Our event will bring
The event will include an exhibition pharma packaging, finished dosage and the heart of pharma to the Kingdom and
and conference and is being opened to biopharmaceuticals. the wider Middle East region with the
help both regional and international expectation of a major pharmaceutical
pharma companies partner in one of the Mr. Adam Andersen, Executive production hub established here in the
world’s fastest developing and growing Vice President Pharma, commented, next 5-years.”
pharma hubs. Saudi Arabia alone is pre-
dicted to grow at nearly 10% annually – WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS
reaching $19-bn in 2028 – and has seen Solenis acquires CedarChem
its ranking surge five places in ‘overall
competitiveness’ according to the 2023 Solenis, the US-based producer of products for industrial and municipal
CPHI Annual Survey which will be specialty chemicals for water-intensive markets, primarily in the southeastern
released on 23rd October this year. industries, has completed the acquisi- US. “CedarChem has a reputation for
tion of CedarChem LLC on October 2, being one of the most reliable and
CPHI Middle East is part of the 2023. As part of the acquisition, customer-intimate suppliers of quality
newly launched Tahaluf brand – an Solenis will acquire all CedarChem products and services in their market,”
alliance between Informa and the Saudi operating assets. Headquartered in Cedar- said Mr. Mark Wescott, Vice President
Arabian Federation for Cyber Security town, Georgia, CedarChem offers a full of the municipal/ multi business at
and Programming (SAFCSP). suite of water and wastewater treatment Solenis.

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