Russia's Biocad confirms 25 million-euro investment in new pharma plant in Finland

31 October 2017

Russia’s leading biotech firm Biocad has confirmed its plans for the building a new pharmaceutical plant in the Finnish city of Turku at the cost of 25 million euros ($29 million), according to the company.

It is planned the new plant will specialize on the production of at least seven drugs that will be intended for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases: melanoma, breast cancer, stomach cancer and some others, reports The Pharma Letter’s local correspondent.

The new plant will occupy an area of more than 3.500 m2 in the city of Turku, and will be located close to one of the leading biopharmaceutical clusters and one of the best EU universities in the field of biotechnology. The company first revealed it planned building a manufacturing plantin Finland earlier this year.

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