Thermo Fisher opens $40M viral transport media plant in Lenexa, Kansas

Thermo Fisher Scientific has built a new $40 million, 120,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Lenexa, Kansas, dedicated to producing viral transport media for COVID-19 testing. The plant was completed in six weeks and adds over 300 jobs, with production capacity of 8 million units per week.

“We have a proven blueprint for high-quality VTM production in Lenexa and look forward to bringing significant new capacity on line as quickly as possible to continue the necessary testing ramp-up in the U.S.”fiercebiotech.com

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• fiercebiotech.comThermo Fisher builds $40M coronavirus test tube manufacturing facility in 6 weeks | Fierce BiotechConor HaleAug 31, 2020
• india.newsroom.thermofisher.comThermo Fisher Scientific Opens New Bioprocessing Collaboration Center in St. Louis - Sep 9, 2020Sep 9, 2020

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