Henogen opens new biopharmaceutical clinical supply plant

21-Oct-2004

The new biopharmaceutical clinical supply plant of Henogen was inaugurated today in a ceremony attended by the Wallonia Minister-President Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe. "These new cGMP facilities, dedicated to the mammalian cells culture, represent a total investment of 10 million Euros", said Dr Alex Bollen, CEO ; "they feature a park of 3L & 15L bioreactors used for process development purposes and a cGMP 300L bioreactor train, operated in both fed-batch and perfusion modes, able to deliver clinical-grade biologicals at a scale appropriate to the phase I to III clinical trials", he added.

This investment extends the existing know-how of Henogen 'from gene to clinical product' to the large scale production of clinical grade monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins made by mammalian cells, which is a very fast growing market.

These new facilities will generate additional revenues to the existing ones (forecast 2004: 7 MEUR) in order to boost the clinical development of its proprietary products e.g. a recombinant human tissue factor derivative, currently in clinical trials as well as other undisclosed programs.

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