Chester County based biotech company Morphotek is halfway toward completion of a $40 million manufacturing pilot plant.
In April 2010 Morphotek broke ground to build a 60,000-square-foot manufacturing pilot plant for its drugs in clinical trials. The project is currently at the halfway point with completion expected in October.The new pilot drug plant is a true Chester County project. It was designed by Arcus Design Group of Uwchlan and is being built by HCS Builders of West Whiteland.Morphotek will use the new space to produce experimental cancer-fighting drugs used in early stage clinical trials.Morphotek, which has 200 employees now, expects to add 30 to 50 more in 2012, Morphotek President Philip Sass said.Source: The Mercury
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