Emergent BioSolutions Finalizes Sale of Baltimore-Camden Manufacturing Site to Bora Pharmaceuticals
August 20 2024 - 11:30AM
Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) today announced it has
completed the sale of its drug product facility
in Baltimore-Camden to an affiliate of Bora
Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (“Bora”, TWSE: 6472). Emergent
received approximately $30 million at closing, which is subject to
customary post-closing adjustments.
With the transaction closed, Bora has acquired the assets,
equipment, and workforce associated with the 87,000 square foot
Baltimore-Camden manufacturing facility.
“This milestone is a significant step forward in our multi-year
plan to stabilize, turnaround, and transform Emergent,”
said Joe Papa, President and CEO at Emergent. “We remain
focused on building a customer-focused, leaner and more flexible
organization, while we continue to execute our multi-year plan to
improve overall profitability and raise capital to reduce our
debt. We thank our Camden colleagues again for all of
their contributions.”
For Emergent, Truist Securities served as financial
advisor, and Covington & Burling LLP served as legal
counsel in connection with this transaction.
About Emergent BioSolutionsAt Emergent,
our mission is to protect and enhance life. For 25 years, we’ve
been at work defending people from things we hope will never
happen—so we are prepared just in case they ever do. We provide
solutions for complex and urgent public health threats through a
portfolio of vaccines and therapeutics that we develop and
manufacture for governments and consumers. We also offer a range of
integrated contract development and manufacturing services for
pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers. To learn more about how
we plan to protect or enhance 1 billion lives by 2030, visit
our website and follow us
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Podcasts and Spotify.
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Investor Contact:Richard S. LindahlExecutive Vice President,
CFOlindahlr@ebsi.com
Media Contact:Assal HellmerVice President,
Communicationsmediarelations@ebsi.com
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