Q&A: Biospring co-founder ex­plains re­cent in­vest­ment in San Diego CD­MO

Ear­li­er this week, the San Diego CD­MO Abzena land­ed a $65 mil­lion in­vest­ment to ex­pand its drug sub­stance and fill-fin­ish ca­pac­i­ty. Part of that in­vest­ment is head­ed to al­ready-ex­ist­ing sites, and some of the fund­ing is head­ed to a new lo­ca­tion in San­ford, NC, about 45 miles south­west of Raleigh.

That North Car­oli­na site will be the com­pa­ny’s sixth man­u­fac­tur­ing lo­ca­tion once it is com­plet­ed. It’s join­ing a re­gion — the Re­search Tri­an­gle Park — that is blos­som­ing with de­vel­op­ment. NC Gov. Roy Coop­er has made it well-known that he is do­ing his best to draw in biotech and phar­ma man­u­fac­tur­ing tal­ent, adding hun­dreds of new jobs and bol­ster­ing the economies of even small­er towns and cities out­side the big three: Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.

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