WuXi Vaccines, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has entered into an agreement with Harbour BioMed under which Harbour BioMed's manufacturing facility in Suzhou will be transferred to WuXi Vaccines.

The 8,500-square-metre facility includes multiple 250L, 500L and 1000L single-use bioreactors as well as sterile drug-product manufacturing lines. This facility, a new node within WuXi Vaccines global network, will be renovated to provide vaccine development and GMP manufacturing services for its global partners. It will also be WuXi Vaccines' first standalone vaccine development and GMP manufacturing site in China.

The agreement on the additional Suzhou facility marks another 2022 milestone for WuXi Vaccines. In July of this year, the company's QC Potency Lab, located in Dundalk, Ireland, received a GMP certificate from Ireland Health Products Regulatory Authority. And in October, the Dundalk vaccine manufacturing facility reached its mechanical completion.