Ko­re­an con­glom­er­ate SK takes out stake in cell and gene ther­a­py CD­MO with plans for a ma­jor hir­ing spree out­side Philly

A Penn­syl­va­nia CD­MO spe­cial­iz­ing in cell and gene ther­a­py man­u­fac­tur­ing is re­ceiv­ing a big in­flux of cash from a South Ko­re­an drug­mak­er — and it has plans for a ma­jor hir­ing spree.

SK, the hold­ing com­pa­ny of SK bio­science, will in­vest $350 mil­lion of eq­ui­ty fi­nanc­ing in­to the Cen­ter for Break­through Med­i­cines, with plans to add an ad­di­tion­al 2,000 em­ploy­ees as part of a re­dux at the CD­MO’s King of Prus­sia, PA fa­cil­i­ty.

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