An international life sciences firm is to expand its Liverpool operations after it secured planning permission for a dozen new labs.
Pharmaron Biologics, which operates in an existing facility on two sites within Estuary Business Park, is to construct a new three storey block on site as it continues to grow its gene therapy services in Speke. The international firm carries out advanced analytical platforms, high-throughput process development equipment and purpose-designed viral and plasmid GMP manufacturing suites.
Gene therapy is a medical approach that typically treats or prevents diseases by correcting a genetic problem. These types of techniques allow doctors to treat a disorder by amending someone's genetic makeup instead of using drugs or surgery.
