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EDEN BIODESIGN SIGNS MARKETING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HUMAN GENOME SCIENCES
New alliance will increase Human
Genome Sciences’ global marketing reach for large scale cGMP manufacturing
services and provides a seamless range of services for clients from process
development to 20,000L scale production
Liverpool, UK; and Research Triangle Park, NC USA - 13 August 2008
Eden Biodesign Ltd., an expert provider of biopharmaceutical process development
and cGMP manufacturing services today announced that they have entered
into a marketing services agreement with Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:
HGSI, Rockville, MD).
Under the terms of the agreement, Eden Biodesign will use its expertise
and global presence in the biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing market
to assist HGS in identifying new manufacturing clients for their large
scale commercial cell culture production facilities located in Rockville,
MD. Both companies will use their combined expertise in process development,
process scale-up, technology transfer, analytical and international regulatory
support for biopharmaceuticals to provide customers with rapid and cost-effective
transition into cGMP manufacturing at scales up to 20,000L and seamless
access to commercial production capacity for biopharmaceuticals derived
from mammalian cell culture.
“This alliance is particularly significant for Eden Biodesign and
we are delighted that such a prestigious company as Human Genome Sciences
has recognized Eden Biodesign’s technical excellence, global marketing
reach and strong track record” commented Dr. Crawford Brown, Chief
Executive Officer of Eden Biodesign. “In addition to our process
development and clinical scale cGMP production services, our growing portfolio
of successful clients may now also have seamless access to Human Genome
Science’s world leading expertise in late-stage process development
and state-of-the-art large scale production facilities as their products
progress towards and into commercial launch”.
Eden Biodesign provides clients with a wide range of process development
and cGMP manufacturing services for all major product categories from
EMEA inspected facilities in Liverpool, UK. The company’s consulting
arm offers global CMC support, cGMP training and a range of support services
designed to accelerate clinical development and product launch.
Curran Simpson, Senior Vice President of Operations, HGS, said: “Eden
Biodesign’s international business development presence and biopharmaceutical
manufacturing expertise make them a partner of choice. Eden shares our
commitment to technical excellence and brings considerable international
regulatory experience and a proven history in biopharmaceutical development
to our relationship”.
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