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Mammalian development and manufacturing services

Lonza Biologics Guangzhou offers you reliable and comprehensive mammalian cell line, process and analytical development services and cGMP production in 1,000L and 2,000L bioreactors. Single-use technologies are employed in both USP and DSP processes. The site supports clinical and commercial production of biotherapeutics and is located 38 km from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport.


Press Releases

23 Aug 2021
Lonza to Establish Drug Product Manufacturing Services in Guangzhou, China
As part of Lonza's continued investment in China, a new drug product fill and finish manufacturing line will be installed at its Guangzhou (CN) site The investment will...
24 Jun 2021
Pinteon Extends Collaboration with Lonza for Manufacturing PNT001, a Novel Tau Antibody Targeting Alzheimer's Disease and Traumatic Brain Injury
The agreement builds upon a long-term collaboration with the aim to provide drug substance of PNT001 for additional clinical studies beginning in Q4 2021Drug substance...
18 Jun 2021
Lonza and ValenzaBio Enter Manufacturing Agreement to Rapidly Advance VB421, an anti-IGF-1R Antibody for Autoimmune Diseases
Lonza will deliver a program tailored to ValenzaBio’s needs to enable first-in-human clinical studiesLonza will provide drug substance and drug product manufacturing under...

Lonza Biologics Guangzhou, China in numbers

17
thousand m2 site plus significant adjacent expansion land secured
4,447
m2 laboratories and pilot plant
1,436
m2 cGMP facilities

Development and manufacturing services available

Lonza Biologics Guangzhou is a multiproduct facility for clinical and commercial supply. The site capabilities include single-use bioreactors at 200L, 1,000L and 2,000L and downstream processing equipment. The site employs GS Xceed® platform technology and leverages the experience of our global network.


  • Upstream capabilities

    • Mammalian cell culture processes (CHO, NS0, HEK etc.)
    • cGMP cell banking suite
    • Inoculum train bioreactors capacity from 25L to 500L
    • Production bioreactors of 200L, 500L, 1,000L and 2,000L single-use bioreactors
    • Harvest by depth filtration

    • Pre-packed and loose resin chromatographic columns
    • Viral inactivation
    • Single-use ultrafiltration / diafiltration
    • Bulk filling in to bags

    • Cell line development laboratories
    • Raw material, in-process and final product QC release testing
    • Microbiological testing
    • Drug substance and drug product stability study storage & testing

Quality systems and regulatory inspections

Our global quality system has consistently demonstrated compliance with major global regulators i.e. FDA, EMA, PMDA, ANVISA, TGA. It also meets China NMPA requirement. The same rigorous quality management systems, documentation practices, training and oversight will be applied to the Guangzhou facility to ensure one global quality standard.