Darmstadt, Germany-based Merck KGaA (MRK: DE) has entered into a strategic alliance with Chinese biotech company GenScript (HKG: 1548), based around plasmid and viral vector manufacturing.
Headquartered in Nanjing, China, GenScript is seeking to expand into immunotherapy and contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO). The firm has multiple manufacturing centers in Asia, Europe and the USA.
The firm has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Merck, launching an alliance aimed at accelerating the industrialization and commercialization of cell and gene therapies in China.
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