【外媒】Baxter将在新加坡投资重组蛋白基地

仲夏秋夜云

小编：Baxter也开始了中南亚的投资和市场扩张？也许吧……新加坡是个好地方，但真心不觉得把重组蛋白的基地投资在新加坡是一件好事。毕竟在亚太地区，新加坡的税收政策、劳工薪资怎么算都不适合进行科技、实业的投资，毕竟人家地方小，又有钱么……但是在那里有个基地，然后把工厂搬到印度、印尼、马来西亚倒是不错的选择，还很近。

以下是外媒的新闻稿：

Baxter to add recombinant protein processing suite at Singapore plant

August 11, 2014 | By Nick Paul Taylor

In the 11 years since the Singapore government created a biologics CMO to kickstart the local sector, a who's who of biopharma manufacturers have opened plants in the country. Baxter ($BAX) is among the latest to set up shop in Singapore and is already pushing ahead with expansion plans.
The Deerfield, IL-based drugmaker officially opened the Singapore facility--which supports the processing of hemophilia A treatment Advate--this week. At the ceremony, Baxter revealed plans to add a second recombinant protein processing suite at the facility. The new capacity will initially process hemophilia B treatment Rixubis, with recombinant factor VIII treatment BAX 855 being added if it successfully completes Phase III and wins approval.
Baxter now has three facilities handling Advate processing, a network the company has built to ensure it can maintain output. The drug is an important part of Baxter's $3.4-billion-a-year hemophilia business. And the franchise will become even more significant for the company if plans to split its biopharma and med tech units go ahead. The Singapore plant and the 450 people it will employ once the expansion is completed next year will be a cornerstone of the independent biopharma company.
That Baxter chose to join the likes of AbbVie ($ABBV), Genentech and Novartis ($NVS) in opening a biologics plant in Singapore is at least partly due to the country's Economic Development Board, a group that has worked for years to develop the nation's workforce and lure drugmakers. "Singapore EDB will continue to invest in talent development, supporting infrastructure and new technologies to support the biologics sector," Yeoh Keat Chuan, managing director of the EDB, said in a statement.

liuzy1974

lonza也在那里，呵呵