Posted: 14 December
CSL has today unveiled the future of plasma manufacturing in Australia with the opening of their $900 million Plasma Fractionation Facility in Victoria, the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. This is part of a $2 billion-plus capital investment program CSL currently has underway in Australia.
The new state-of-the-art facility in Broadmeadows allows CSL’s manufacturing site to process up to 9.2 million plasma equivalent litres per annum. This is a nine-fold increase on current capacity for the site and will help meet the increasing demand for plasma-based, life-saving therapies for patients around the world.
Plasma-derived therapies treat those with immunodeficiencies, neurological disorders, shock and burns. They are used in operating rooms around the world for transplant patients, surgical patients and cancer patients.
The investment ensures the Broadmeadows site continues to play an important role in the manufacture and supply of life-saving medicines into Australia and other key markets, as well as secures advanced manufacturing jobs in Australia.
CSL has invested around $2 billion in the Broadmeadows site over the past decade, demonstrating strong support for Australia’s biopharma manufacturing capabilities and reinforcing the company’s confidence in the skills and expertise of the Australian workforce in delivering key infrastructure projects of this calibre.
The Broadmeadows Plasma Fractionation Facility is part of CSL’s current $2 billion dollar plus investment program focused on Australia, which also includes a next generation influenza vaccine manufacturing facility for CSL Seqirus at Tullamarine, and CSL’s new global headquarters and R&D facilities located in the heart of Melbourne’s biomedical precinct.
