Sigma-Aldrich Opens Asia-Pac Headquarters In Singapore

The company also announced plans to construct a cGMP distribution center in Tuas by the end of the year.

AsianScientist (Apr. 23, 2015) – Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a global pharmaceutical company, has opened its Asia Pacific headquarters and state-of-the-art Cell Culture Technical Center in Singapore. Located at Biopolis Research Park, the facility will provide customized support to meet customer needs, leveraging the Company’s industry leading scientific capabilities.

“Our new Technical Center will significantly enhance our ability to support our customers in the region more quickly and effectively by providing local technical solutions that are customized to meet their needs,” said Mr. Jason Apter, Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific for Sigma-Aldrich.

“We are partnering with biopharmaceutical companies that are looking to increase the efficiency of their R&D efforts, working with them to reduce the time-to-market, cost and risk in developing both new drugs and generic versions of existing drugs.”

The facility brings existing commercial offices and production laboratories in Singapore into a single location, together with the new Cell Culture Technical Center. The Technical Center will primarily support Sigma-Aldrich’s customers in biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing.

To further strengthen its presence in Asia Pacific and to better support customers in the biopharmaceutical industry, Sigma-Aldrich has also announced plans to construct its own cGMP distribution center in Tuas. Expected to open at the end of this year, the distribution center will enable Sigma-Aldrich to provide end-to-end services to its customers and distributors in Singapore and across Southeast Asia (SEA).

This will be the Company’s first fully-owned distribution center in SEA and will significantly enhance its ability to provide exceptional supply chain security and service to customers in the region. Created with an ‘In Asia for Asia’ objective, the cGMP certified distribution center will support strategic partnerships with customers in the region, enabling them to meet the increasingly stringent regulatory requirements for biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

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Source: Sigma-Aldrich Corporation.
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