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New Agilent expansion will ‘more than double’ nucleic acid API manufacture

pharmafile | August 10, 2016 | News story | Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Agilent, expansion, manufacturing, oligonucleotide 

Agilent Technologies is set to expand its pharmaceutical manufacturing operations with a 20-acre facility in Weld County, Colorado.

The facility is anticipated to increase manufacturing capacity for nucleic acid active pharmaceutical ingredients by more than 100%, adding between 150 and 200 new, permanent high-salary jobs.

“The products manufactured at this site will be used by our customers to improve the lives of patients suffering from a variety of diseases,” said Skip Thune, general manager of Agilent’s Nucleic Acids Solutions Division. “At Agilent, we are committed to meeting the ever-increasing needs of our customers for oligonucleotides.”

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Oligonucleotides (short DNA and RNA molecules) are believed to have the potential to treat various forms of cancer, diabetes, muscular dystrophy and other disorders.

Matt Fellows

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