WuXi Vaccines signs $3 billion contract

18 February 2020

China-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Wuxi Vaccines has entered into a strategic partnership with an unnamed global vaccine leader and signed a 20-year vaccine manufacturing contract valued around $3 billion, under the terms of which WuXi Vaccines will build a dedicated facility and supply a commercial vaccine product for the global market.

WuXi Vaccines is a joint venture company established between WuXi Biologics (HKG: 2269) and Shanghai Hile Bio-technology (SH: 6037). The business model of WuXi Vaccines is to build world-class integrated platforms and CDMO model to enable global companies to develop and manufacture vaccines.

Per the contract signed, WuXi Vaccines will build an integrated vaccine manufacturing facility including drug substance manufacturing (DS), drug product manufacturing (DP). The facility will be dedicated to manufacture one of its partner's vaccine products for the global market and is expected to be operational in 2022.

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