ProBio recently opened a gene therapy hub in a 128,000-square-foot facility in Mercer County, bringing more than 100 high-skilled jobs to the region.
The flagship Cell and Gene Therapy Center of Excellence, located on the Princeton West Innovation Campus in Hopewell, will manufacture plasmid DNA, according to a company statement .
The location is ProBio’s North American hub and will support operations across North America and Europe.
During the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Allen Guo, chief executive officer of ProBio, called the new facility a “beacon of hope for patients waiting for cures.”
The facility will make adeno-associated virus and lentiviral vector platforms, which are essential components for developing cell and gene therapies.
It will also create at least 110 highly skilled