Sartorius Creates a Premium Gene Therapy and Vaccine Portfolio With the Acquisition of BIA Separations
In November, Sartorius acquired BIA Separations—a company that develops and manufactures market-leading products for the purification and analysis of large biomolecules based in Slovenia.
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“BIA´s portfolio is highly complementary to Sartorius,” said Joachim Kreuzburg, PhD, chief executive office of Sartorius. “We are thus creating an excellent offering for the manufacturing of gene therapies and other advanced therapies and are pleased to welcome 120 new employees.”
Through this acquisition, Sartorius is expanding its downstream processing and analytics offerings to complement its upstream capabilities. Specifically, this acquisition will strengthen Sartorius’ offerings in the gene therapy and vaccine markets for production of AAV, mRNA and pDNA, among others. This addition to Sartorius’ portfolio enhances its current offerings without replacing any existing product lines.
“With a global sales and service network, we will grow the sales of CIMmultus™ and CIMac™ monolithic columns and PATfix™ in-process HPLC systems considerably in the coming years,” said Aleš Štrancar, PhD, chief executive office of BIA Separations. “I am especially excited that we have been selected as Sartorius center of excellence for gene therapy, which will result in faster introduction of new products and much stronger manufacturing process development service.”
Both Sartorius and BIA will not experience any disruptions to distribution or production. In fact, Sartorius will increase its production capacity as BIA Separations is currently expanding its Ajdovščina facility to five times its existing size.
For current BIA Separations customers with ongoing projects, business continuity and product availability will be ensured, and their main point of contact will remain the same.
For new projects, the local Sartorius organization will be the first point of contact for initiating a project. Sartorius and BIA Separations chromatography experts will work together to meet customer needs and address any questions.
To submit an order, please contact your local Sartorius sales organization here.