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The path to market of a modern medicine is often very complex. Biopharma companies face growing pressure from regulators and competitors, as well as unpredictable market demand. To overcome these challenges, Lonza is building Ibex\u2122<\/a>, a campus of five manufacturing complexes that provides biopharma customers with agile capability at every stage of development and manufacture. Ibex\u2122 solutions are technology-independent, highly flexible and capable of supporting activities across multiple technologies \u2013 mammalian, microbial, cellular or bio-conjugate \u2013 and from late discovery to development and commercial manufacturing. Thanks to this innovative concept, Lonza\u2019s customers will see their products\u2019 time-to-market reduced by 12 months or more, according to a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Leveraging Lonza’s expertise and service network in Visp<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ibex\u2122 biomanufacturing complex will be integrated into Lonza\u2019s Visp site, in the canton of Valais. It will occupy a brownfield surface of 100,000 m2 \u2013 the equivalent of 10 football pitches \u2013 and create several hundred new positions. The construction of two of the five buildings began last June. One of them will house a large-scale mammalian cell culture facility for monoclonal antibody production, built and operated in partnership with French drugmaker Sanofi<\/a>. With 2,700 experienced employees and well established service networks, the plant in Visp is Lonza\u2019s largest site and one of the most significant for production and R&D.<\/p>\n

A game changer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lonza, which counts more than 40 major manufacturing and R&D facilities and approximately 10,000 full-time employees worldwide, has over a century of experience in connecting biotech expertise with fine chemical know-how. \u201cWe are continuing to pioneer clinical and commercial manufacturing in multiple technologies all over the world\u201d, said Lonza\u2019s Pharma & Biotech COO, Marc Funk. \u201cWe have been working with our partners to understand what we can offer that will really change the game for them, and that\u2019s why we have created Ibex\u2122.\u201d<\/p>\n

Did you know that the canton of Valais is the perfect location for biopharmaceutical operations? Find out more in our fact sheet\u00a0Valais \u2013 Your competence center for biopharma<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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