GlaxoSmithKline is building an active pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturing plant in Montrose in the United Kingdom. Doosan Babcock was awarded the $37 million construction contract for the project, which is expected to be fully operational in summer of 2016. The three-story, 291,000-sf facility will support the production of therapeutic agents for respiratory conditions.
The four-story, 80,000-sf Research and Graduate Education Complex on the campus of Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) is a state-of-the-art biomedical research facility for researchers from the colleges of Pharmacy, Medicine, and Graduate Studies. Three floors of laboratories and support spaces house more than 30 scientists and their teams, with space for 156 bench researchers. The building also contains office space for faculty, write-up areas for research staff and students, and small-group teaching and seminar rooms.
The National University of Ireland Galway began construction in January of 2015 on the 88,000-sf Human Biology Building. Designed by Scott Talon Walker Architects, the five-story teaching and research facility will provide labs, lecture halls, and offices for the departments of anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology. The Human Biology Building will also include a vivarium, a microscopy suite, and anatomy and mortuary space. The construction cost of the project is $34 million and the general contractor is BAM Group Ireland.
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies broke ground in January of 2015 on a 62,000-sf biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Designed to support collaborative research and development, the three-story BioProcess Innovation Center will accommodate the creation and production of advanced proteins, vaccines, and monoclonal antibodies. The project team includes Alexandria Real Estate Equities and KBR Building Group. Completion is expected in late 2015.
The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) renovated two floors of its Research and Education Building to accommodate a new College of Pharmacy program and the associated accreditation requirements. The spaces include both instructional and research labs.
The three-story International Vaccine Centre (InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan is one of the largest vaccine research centers in the world and the largest in North America. It is connected by a walkway to the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) laboratory building in a cluster of life sciences R&D facilities at the University. The facilities operate together as VIDO-InterVac, one of only a few BSL-3 facilities in the world that can accommodate disease and vaccine research involving animals as large as cows.
Stelis Biopharma has selected Bio-XCell to construct a $60 million biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Nusajaya in the Johor region of Malaysia. Providing mammalian and microbial production suites, the 140,000-sf project will feature next-generation, single-use bioprocessing technologies. Completion is expected in late 2016 with operations commencing in mid-2017. Stelis Biopharma is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Strides Arcolab.
Biotrial is constructing the Clinical Pharmacology Unit in Newark, N.J. Located adjacent to Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in the University Heights Science Park, the 60,000-sf facility will support early development clinical studies in association with University Hospital. The project was designed by Francis Cauffman and is being built by Joseph A. Natoli Construction. Occupancy is expected in mid-2015.
AstraZeneca will break ground in early 2015 on its $500 million Global R&D Centre and Corporate Headquarters in Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Providing sophisticated pharmaceutical discovery and development facilities, the project will include space for biologics research, high throughput screening, medicinal chemistry, pre-clinical research, and clinical development. The 11-acre campus will accommodate approximately 2,000 employees.
Bristol-Myers Squibb will build a 323,000-sf biologics manufacturing facility in Dublin, Ireland. Located on the company's existing pharmaceutical production campus, the building will provide open labs and offices, six 15,000-liter bioreactors, and a purification area. The estimated construction cost of the project is $900 million. The facility will accommodate up to 400 employees and is expected to be fully operational in 2019.
Gilead Sciences broke ground in October of 2014 on a $50 million laboratory building in Edmonton, Alberta. Designed by Manasc Isaac Architects, the 44,000-sf facility will accommodate 80 additional employees engaged in pharmaceutical research, development, and production. The construction manager for the project is Graham Group and completion is expected in spring of 2016.
Novo Nordisk began construction in October of 2014 on a $127 million biomedical research facility in Måløv, Denmark, to support the development of treatments for diabetes. Housing 350 employees, the three-story, 177,600-sf project will be built as two laboratory wings connected by a central structure housing offices and an auditorium. Occupancy is expected in early 2016.
The Jackson Laboratory opened the $135 million JAX Genomic Medicine facility in October of 2014 in Farmington, Conn. Located on 17 acres at the University of Connecticut Health Science Center, the four-story, 183,500-sf building features 17 wet labs and 17 dry labs arranged in flexible, collaborative clusters. The facility also provides core service labs, two large conference rooms, offices, a data center, and a 200-seat auditorium.
XBiotech broke ground in September of 2014 on a 46,000-sf pharmaceutical research and manufacturing center in Austin, Texas. The $12 million facility will reach completion in mid-2015 with production of the cancer drug Xilonix commencing in early 2016. The project is part of a $200 million campus that XBiotech plans to develop on the 48-acre site.
Novartis is partnering with the University of Pennsylvania to create the Center for Advanced Cellular Therapeutics. Located on the Penn Medicine Campus in Philadelphia, the 30,000-sf facility will accommodate research on personalized cellular cancer therapies using chimeric antigen receptor technology (CAR). Supported by $20 million in funding from Novartis, the project will be built on top of the Jordan Medical Education Center and South Pavilion Extension, which is currently under construction. Completion is expected in 2016.
