GlaxoSmithKline has opened a new £56 million, 4500 m2 manufacturing facility for its Ellipta DPI products. According to GSK, the new facility will create 150 jobs and will double production of Ellipta inhalers at the site to over 37 million per year by 2017.
GSK CEO Sir Andrew Witty said, “This new facility demonstrates our commitment to manufacturing in the UK which continues to be a very positive environment for life sciences investment. We have been leaders in respiratory since the 1960s when we first began making inhalers for the treatment of respiratory diseases in Ware and it continues to be a critically important site for us, both in terms of researching and developing innovative new inhaler technology, and as a world-leading manufacturing hub. We currently export Ellipta inhalers from Ware to over 74 countries and the new facility opened today will increase capacity to meet growing demand for our new portfolio of respiratory medicines worldwide.”
Read the GSK press release.
