Cambrex Corporation announced it is significantly expanding its existing biopharmaceutical testing services business. The expansion includes 11 additional cGMP laboratories at Cambrex'sDurham, NC facility and broadens its service offering for large molecule and viral/cell-based therapeutics. The expansion includes a range of new instruments supporting nanoparticle size analysis, imaging, qPCR, fluorescent/absorbance plate readers, immunoblotting, mass spectrometry, next-generation sequencing (NGS), chromatography capillary electrophoresis (CE-PDA and FLD), SEC-MALS, and other compendial testing.

These new capabilities apply to a wide variety of biopharmaceutical therapeutics, including bacteriophage and mammalian viruses, recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, and nucleic acids. Additionally, Cambrex recently installed a new 600 MHz NMR spectrometer to enhance support for both biopharmaceutical and small molecule programs. Combining these new capabilities with their existing services, Cambrex is now positioned to provide analytical services throughout the lifecycle of small and large molecule therapeutics.