Repligen Completes Expansion of U.S. Facility
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Repligen Corporation (Nasdaq:RGEN) announced today that it has completed an 11,000 square foot expansion of its U.S. manufacturing facility. The expansion includes a dedicated space for the production and assembly of Repligen's Alternating Tangential Flow System ("the ATF System"), the most recent addition to the Company's upstream bioprocessing product portfolio. The ATF System is a market-leading product line used to significantly increase cell density and product yield during the fermentation step of the biologic drug manufacturing process. The expansion includes areas for ATF System assembly, quality control and inventory, as well as cleanroom suites for the production of single-use ATF Systems in an ISO 7 environment that meets the high standards of Repligen's biopharmaceutical customers. "This expansion satisfies our goal to rapidly transfer ATF System operations, which we acquired from Refine Technology of
