The global
contract development and manufacturing organization
(CDMO), Samsung Biologics, announced this week that it has entered into a collaboration with an undisclosed European pharmaceutical company, signing a series of manufacturing deals worth over $668 million. The company will provide manufacturing services through December 2031.
“We are delighted to expand our partnership with the European pharmaceutical company toward our shared commitment to delivering high-quality biopharmaceuticals to patients,” said John Rim, President and CEO of Samsung Biologics, in a press statement.
“As we further expand strategic collaboration with clients worldwide, we also make continued investments in our capabilities and manufacturing technologies. Our goal is to provide the highest-quality services at every stage and deepen our trusted partnerships.”
This latest announcement follows a series of deals that the South Korea-based Samsung Biologics has made across the U.S., Asia, and Europe in the last year, bringing the company’s overall contract value to over $4 billion.
Another notable deal, for example, was in October 2024, when Samsung Biologics signed a whopping
$1.24 billion
manufacturing agreement with an Asia-based pharmaceutical company.
The company is planning to add antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) services to its portfolio by the end of 2024, with a dedicated manufacturing facility expected to open soon. In February 2024, Samsung Biologics signed a partnership agreement with the South Korean biotech company LegoChem Biosciences to advance the manufacturing of LegoChem’s ADC candidate against solid tumors.
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Samsung Biologics is working towards the opening of Plant 5, the first new facility of the company’s second Bio Campus, in April 2025. Located on an area of 96,000m
2
, Plant 5 holds a capacity of 180,000 liters. Bio Campus II will be fully operational next year, housing additional large-scale manufacturing plants and an open innovation center. The project, which started with the purchase of 360,000m
2
of land in July 2022, is worth almost $5.4 billion.
“Given the continuing increase in the demand for outsourced manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals, we are proactively making this investment in alignment with our growth strategy to further strengthen our standing as a leading CDMO,” said Rim at the time in a
press release
. “The new facility will enable us to provide our customers with even greater innovation and services that will increase speed to market and flexibility.”