Pfizer invests ?26.3m in UK biotech packaging facility
Pfizer has injected ?26.3m into a new biotechnology packaging facility at its site in Havant, Hampshire, UK, which was opened today (15 October) by UK science minister David Willetts.
Pfizer has injected ￡26.3m into a new biotechnology packaging facility at its site in Havant, Hampshire, UK, which was opened today (15 October) by UK science minister David Willetts.
The 22-acre facility will pack and distribute more than 47 million doses of Pfizer medicines to 120 distribution points in more than 60 countries worldwide.
Further investment in new packaging lines and additional cold storage facilities is planned for 2011, with the volume anticipated to grow to more than 72 million by 2012.
According to Richard Blackburn, Pfizer UK’s managing director: ‘Pfizer plays a crucial role in delivering life-saving medicines to clinicians and patients not just in the UK, but right across the world. This investment in the new packaging hall at Havant demonstrates our aim to ensure this state-of-the-art facility remains a centre of expertise for cold chain distribution and packaging.’
Willetts said Pfizer’s commitment to the UK is a big win for th
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