Merck Millipore Introduces 'Open Source' Development At New Plant

CMOs and Pharmas will own the manufacturing processes developed at a new facility as part of an ‘open source’ ethos Merck Millipore has introduced.

The plant in Martillac, France will provide process development services, biomanufacturing for mammalian proteins for preclinical research to clinical phase II and tech transfer support to enable customers to switch production for late-stage clinical work and commercial manufacturing.

The idea is that customers attracted by the combined development and manufacturing services will want to work with Merck Millipore later on in the process as company VP of services and solutions Christophe Couturier explained to Outsourcing-pharma.com.

“Our goal is to help clients develop and manufacture their drug candidate so they can get to the clinical phase faster. We hope after the success of the client's drug candidate, and based on our successful relationship, that they would also ask us to help them with their production capabilities.”...