药明生基美国费城扩建基地投入运营，提升三倍检测产能服务全球客户 中国上海/美国费城，2021年11月15日 – 药明康德旗下专注于细胞和基因疗法的CTDMO药明生基近日宣布，公司在美国费城Navy Yard基地扩建的全新高端检测实验室已正式投入运营。该实验室面积为13,000平方米，投产后将使公司高端检测产能提升三倍，从而更好地满足全球客户对细胞和基因疗法产品日益增长的需求。 此次投入运营的全新实验室是药明生基美国费城Navy Yard基地扩建的一部分，将大幅提升公司现有的分析开发和高端检测能力及规模，进一步增强药明生基细胞和基因疗法一体化CTDMO平台能力。 “药明生基在检测开发、生物安全测试、病毒清除和商业批放行检测方面拥有丰富的行业经验，我们很荣幸能够为客户提供专业的服务。”药明生基首席执行官张幼翔博士表示，“药明生基将继续致力于为全球客户提供高质量的解决方案，赋能合作伙伴加速推动更多高效、可靠的突破性疗法早日上市，造福全球病患。” 费城经济发展组织（PIDC）高级副总裁Kate McNamara 表示：“药明生基始终站在费城生物医药创新前沿。我们非常高兴能够见证药明生基在费城的发展与成长，祝贺药明生基扩建基地和全新高端检测实验室正式投入运营。” 作为一个全球化运营的CTDMO，药明生基独特的商业模式将强大的测试能力与工艺开发及生产平台能力紧密结合，如用于腺相关病毒（AAV）生产的新型TESSA技术和用于慢病毒稳定生产的XLenti解决方案等。通过药明生基的一体化赋能平台，所有的检测开发、生物安全、病毒清除和最终产品放行检测等环节都能在这个平台上得以实现，帮助客户大幅缩短先进疗法的上市周期。截止目前，药明生基累计为客户的1700多个国际申报项目提供了生物安全测试服务，助力客户将更多创新疗法药物早日推向商业化，造福更多病患。 关于药明生基药明生基是药明康德旗下专注于细胞和基因疗法的CTDMO，致力于加速和变革细胞治疗、基因治疗及其他高端治疗的开发、测试、制造和商业化。药明生基能够助力全球客户将更多创新疗法早日推向市场，造福病患。更多信息，请访问www.advancedtherapies.com 关于药明康德药明康德（股票代码：603259.SH/2359.HK）为全球生物医药行业提供一体化、端到端的新药研发和生产服务，在亚洲、欧洲、北美等地均设有运营基地。药明康德通过独创的“CRDMO”和“CTDMO”业务模式，不断降低研发门槛，助力客户提升研发效率，为患者带来更多突破性的治疗方案，服务范围涵盖化学药研发和生产、生物学研究、临床前测试和临床试验研发、细胞及基因疗法研发、测试和生产等领域。2021年，药明康德被MSCI评为ESG（环境、社会及管治）AA级。目前，公司的赋能平台正承载着来自全球30多个国家的5600多家合作伙伴的研发创新项目，致力于将更多新药、好药带给全球病患，早日实现“让天下没有难做的药，难治的病”的愿景。更多信息，请访问公司网站：www.wuxiapptec.com WuXi ATU Opens New Facility in Philadelphia, Tripling Testing Capacity to Support Global Customers New state-of-the-art advanced therapies testing laboratories provide additional capacity for the growing cell and gene therapy industry. November 15, 2021 – Philadelphia. WuXi Advanced Therapies (WuXi ATU), a wholly owned subsidiary of WuXi AppTec, announced the official opening of its advanced therapies testing facility at 400 Rouse Boulevard in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard. The new facility, which includes 140,000 square feet laboratories, will further enhance the company’s Contract Testing, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CTDMO) business model by tripling the company’s previous testing capacity, meeting the increasing needs of customers in cell and gene therapy industry. The new state-of the-art facility is an expansion of WuXi ATU’s existing Navy Yard Campus, which opened in 2020. This addition will strengthen the existing analytical development and testing capacity and capability. “WuXi ATU has significant expertise in assay development, biologics safety testing, viral clearance and commercial lot release assays, and we are proud to bring that knowledge to our customers,” said Dr. David Chang, Chief Executive Officer of WuXi ATU. “We are committed to enabling these partners to bring ground-breaking therapeutics to patients as quickly, reliably and consistently as possible.” “WuXi ATU has always been at the forefront of innovation in Philadelphia,” said Kate McNamara, PIDC’s Senior Vice President, Navy Yard. “We are thrilled to celebrate their continued expansion and growth with the opening of the new advanced therapies testing facility at the Navy Yard.” As a CTDMO with operations globally, WuXi ATU’s unique business model integrates powerful testing capabilities with its advanced therapies’ process development and manufacturing platforms, such as TESSA technology for AAV manufacturing and XLenti stable solutions for lentiviral manufacturing. This allows all assay development, biosafety, viral clearance and product release testing to be completed in-house, shortening customers’ timelines for the approval of advanced therapies. WuXi ATU has supported more than 1,700 customer submissions for biosafety testing through industry-leading testing and analytical assay development experience, enabling the delivery of more effective and accessible advanced therapies to patients. About WuXi Advanced Therapies (WuXi ATU)As the advanced therapies business unit of WuXi AppTec, WuXi Advanced Therapies is a Contract Testing, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CTDMO) that offers integrated platforms to transform the discovery, development, testing, manufacturing, and commercialization of cell and gene therapies. Our services and solutions accelerate time to market and support customer programs around the world. For more information, please visit www.advancedtherapies.com. About WuXi AppTecAs a global company with operations across Asia, Europe, and North America, WuXi AppTec provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services that enable global pharmaceutical and healthcare industry to advance discoveries and deliver groundbreaking treatments to patients. Through its unique business models, WuXi AppTec’s integrated, end-to-end services include chemistry drug CRDMO (Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization), biology discovery, preclinical testing and clinical research services, cell and gene therapies CTDMO (Contract Testing, Development and Manufacturing Organization), helping customers improve the productivity of advancing healthcare products through cost-effective and efficient solutions. WuXi AppTec received AA ESG rating from MSCI in 2021 and its open-access platform is enabling more than 5,600 collaborators from over 30 countries to improve the health of those in need – and to realize the vision that "every drug can be made and every disease can be treated." Please visit: http://www.wuxiapptec.com