AbCellera to build therapeutic antibodies manufacturing facility in False Creek Flats

A site in the False Creek Flats has been secured for AbCellera’s major manufacturing facility for the production of therapeutic antibody treatments, the first of its kind in Canada.

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“…The rapidly growing Vancouver-based biotechnology company announced this morning their 130,000 sq ft Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) facility will be located on a two-acre site at the 900 block of Evans Avenue, replacing the Urban Beach volleyball courts just next to the City of Vancouver’s Evans maintenance centre and the Regional Recycling Vancouver Bottle Depot.

 

The building will have a laboratory, offices, protein biologic manufacturing, and warehouse space.

 

The new facility will elevate AbCellera’s capabilities in bringing new antibody therapies to clinical trials, providing Canada with the capacity to respond quickly and effectively to future pandemics, and providing the firm’s partners with the ability to accelerate the development of their drug programs...”

 

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