CDMO Andelyn Biosciences has opened a clinical and commercial manufacturing facility in Columbus, Ohio to support cell and gene therapy (CGT) development. Contract development manufacturing organization (CDMO) Andelyn has opened a manufacturing facility in Ohio, which it has named the Andelyn Corporate Center (ACC). The firm says that the 200,000 square-foot gene therapy production plant has the capability to support any scale of gene therapy viral vector manufacturing. “We built the ACC in response to increasing customer demand for regulatory-compliant, high…

Fujifilm has begun construction on a facility in Texas described as the largest single-use CDMO production campus in North America. Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies announced the expansion of its College Station, Texas facility December 2021, but work finally began yesterday with the contract development manufacturing organization (CDMO) holding a groundbreaking ceremony. Once operational – by 2024, according to the firm – the $300 million expansion will add 138,000 square feet to the existing 300,000 square feet campus, providing space for multiple…