Seqirus to expand flu vaccine production site in Liverpool with £22 million investment

25 February 2016

Seqirus, the world’s second largest influenza vaccine provider, has announced a £22.1 million ($31.2 million) investment for its UK manufacturing site in Liverpool.

The company, which is part of Australian biotech firm CSL Limited (ASX: CSL), is going to develop a new £15.3 million manufacturing facility to support the production of influenza vaccines at its Speke site. The announcement came as Seqirus today celebrated the opening of a £6.8 million investment in new warehousing facilities at the site.

Seqirus was created in November 2015 following CSL’s acquisition of the Novartis influenza vaccines business and the subsequent merger with its existing vaccines and pharmaceutical business, bioCSL. The combined company has over 2,000 employees and operations in more than 20 countries, and reported sales for the first-half of fiscal year 2016 of $519 million (The Pharma Letter February 16).

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