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At the site in Cologne, Lonza develops and commercializes non-viral gene transfer products for primary cells and hard-to-transfect cell lines. These cells are important model systems for both basic and clinical research as they more accurately reflect the condition and behavior of cells within an organism when compared to commonly used laboratory cell lines. With the specially developed Amaxa® Nucleofector® Technology, the functionality of different genes can now be analyzed in biologically relevant cell types. These results are used to more efficiently identify new targets for pharmaceuticals and therapies. The Cologne site affiliates to Lonza’s Bioscience sector.
Bioscience
The Bioscience business is a leader in several high-value segments of the life-science industry, providing products and services to support the discovery and commercialization of human therapeutics. It supplies products and services worldwide to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as academic and government institutions. The youngest Lonza division operates three business units: Therapeutic Cell Solutions, Testing Solutions and Research Solutions. Each of these business units focuses on a specific type of customer within the life-science market.
Therapeutic Cell Solutions includes cell therapy and media products. Cell therapy is a custom manufacturing service for this emerging therapeutic field. Cellular-based therapeutics are a relatively new and promising type of therapy, with practical applications in many disease categories. With twelve existing cGMP-certified cell therapy manufacturing suites in the USA and Europe, Lonza is uniquely positioned to support this type of therapy worldwide. Media can be used by researchers, and are also applied on a larger scale for the production of therapeutic agents by Biopharmaceutical customers. In addition, the Bioscience business provides media to Lonza Custom Manufacturing.
Research Solutions’ products are used by customers performing research into potential new drugs and in other areas of life-science research. The product portfolio contains primary cells, media, bioassays, and gene expression products, high-end nucleic acid transfection systems and consumables, offered to academic institutions and pharmaceutical and biotechnology businesses.
Another area where a Bioscience product is used in other divisions is the Testing Solutions business unit. This group offers test systems for pharmaceutical and other customers in quality control laboratories – and also supplies Lonza’s Quality Control laboratories throughout the world with test kits for safety testing of their drugs.
Other sites apart from Cologne are:
Europe
Copenhagen, Denmark
The Copenhagen site specializes in custom manufacturing unique agaroses for chromatography, protein and nucleic acid separation, and serves as a sales office for Lonza Bioscience.
Verviers, Belgium
Lonza Verviers is a production and distribution site for custom and research media, with products for clinical cell therapy, molecular biology and endotoxin detection. Its warehouse and distribution facilities serve as a European sales channel for life-science products manufactured at other Lonza Bioscience sites.
North America
Rockland ME, USA
The Rockland site manufactures over 500 finished products for academic and government institutions as well as biotech and pharmaceutical companies worldwide, and continues to develop custom and innovative products for life-science research and personal care markets.
Walkersville MD, USA
Lonza Walkersville is the headquarters of our Bioscience division and provides products and services, including cell culture and endotoxin detection products, to the biotechnology, clinical, pharmaceutical, and research communities. |
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