Today, Antengene Corporation Limited successfully hosted an inauguration ceremony for its manufacturing center at the Binhai Life Science and Healthcare Industrial Zone in Shaoxing. The completion of the manufacturing center paves the way for Antengene's future production of oral medicines and marks a major milestone in Antengene's transition into an innovative biopharmaceutical company with integrated capabilities in discovery, development, manufacturing, and commercialization. At this site, Antengene plans to soon initiate the manufacturing of selinexor, the company's first selective inhibitor of nuclear compound.
Mr. Hua Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of Yuecheng District, and Deputy Director of Shaoxing Binhai New Area Administrative Council, Mr. Jun Chai, Deputy Director of Shaoxing Market Supervisory Authority, Ms. Liping Wang, Director of Shaoxing Binhai New Area First Bureau for Investment Promotion and Services, Dr. Bo Shan, the Chief Scientific Officer of Antengene, Mr. Yiteng Liu, the Chief Operating Officer of Antengene, along with officials from the Shaoxing municipal government, and reporters from nearly 30 media outlets have attended the inauguration ceremony, and have witnessed the historic moment when Antengene officially commences commercial manufacturing.
Mr. Hua Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of Yuecheng District, and Deputy Director of Shaoxing Binhai New Area Administrative Council, commented: "The completion of Antengene's manufacturing center in Shaoxing marks a major milestone that will catapult the company into its next phase of rapid growth. At this golden era for the development of innovative therapies, we hope Antengene will address more unmet medical needs through its differentiated pipeline, and by broadening and deepening its discovery, development, and commercialization of antitumor therapies of novel mechanisms. We are confident that by strengthening its internal capabilities and external partnerships, Antengene will further solidify its leadership position in the biopharmaceutical industry."
Dr. Jay Mei, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Antengene, commented: "In just three years, Antengene has built a pipeline of 12 novel candidate drugs targeting four therapeutic areas, and built its manufacturing center for oral medicines in just one year. These achievements are a testimony of the exceptional innovation and speed seen in China. The manufacturing center represents a critical element in Antengene's transition into the commercial stage, and an important pillar of Antengene's vertically integrated capabilities. At this new facility, we will begin the commercial manufacturing of selinexor in China to meet the future demands from patients."
Dr. Bo Shan, Chief Scientific Officer of Antengene, noted: "Drug manufacturing is a crucial downstream capability enabling us to translate the fruits of our discovery and development programs into commercialized products. The completion of the manufacturing center will accelerate our transition into the commercial stage, seamlessly connecting our discovery and drug development to manufacturing, and provide us with the means to efficiently supply high quality drugs to patients in APAC."
A model manufacturing center built with high standard
Antengene's manufacturing center in Shaoxing has 16,300 square meters in space. To date, the company has finished renovating the plant building for the production line of solid dose formulation, installed supporting facilities and packaging line for the GMP manufacturing of solid dose formulation, and set up a quality control laboratory for raw materials and finished products. Further completing the supporting facilities at the site, a GMP-compliant storage facility (including cool storage, ambient warehouse, and Grade D sampling room) was also set up at the manufacturing center. Antengene plans to start the installation and validation of the product line of oral medicines sometime this year.
Since commencing the stage one construction of the manufacturing center in June 2020, Antengene has carefully planned production and storage spaces at the manufacturing center, while maintaining a rigorous quality standard and its commitment to patients. During the project, Antengene collaborated with several leading construction and design companies in China to establish an advanced scientific quality assuranc...
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