MilliporeSigma Opens First M Lab Collaboration Center in Europe

On Mar 22, 2019

MilliporeSigma officially opened its new M Lab Collaboration Center in Molsheim, France. The center is MilliporeSigma’s first in Europe and ninth worldwide, providing biopharmaceutical manufacturers with a shared, exploratory environment where they can closely collaborate with company scientists and engineers to solve their toughest challenges and accelerate development and production of new therapies.

MilliporeSigma’s latest customer collaboration center in Molsheim, France, is expected to accelerate the growth of the local biopharmaceutical industry

“With the rapidly growing biopharma industry in Europe and demand for cost-effective therapies worldwide, customers will benefit from our expertise to develop processes for manufacturing drugs faster, safer and more effectively,” said Udit Batra, CEO, MilliporeSigma, in Molsheim today. “Our investment will accelerate the future growth of EMEA’s biopharmaceutical industry.”

MilliporeSigma’s newest M Lab Collaboration Center, which offers 43,000 square feet of space, represents a significant investment in the region. The $11 million center provides customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa with a fully equipped, non-GMP pilot and bench scale lab and meeting center where they can work alongside company experts to solve their most pressing processing development challenges without impacting their production line.

The center in Molsheim is the latest in the company’s network of enters around the world. Other M Lab Collaboration Centers are located in the United States, Brazil, China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan and India (where there are two labs).

MilliporeSigma’s customers collaborate with the company’s technical experts, exploring new ways to increase productivity, improve processes and mitigate risks. The pilot and bench scale labs are in a space that simulates a real production environment across their process. Customers operate real equipment, evaluate their processes and can also take hands-on bioprocessing training courses, educating them on best practices and new approaches to develop, optimize and scale-up processes as well as simplify global technology transfer.