The Waltham, Mass.-based company said it has ramped up production of viral transport media from 50,000 tubes to 1 million tubes per week.
The company also plans to build a $40 million facility in Lenexa, Kan., dedicated to producing viral transport media. The facility will allow the company to produce more than 8 million tubes per week and will create about 300 new full-time jobs, the company said in a May 18 news release.
Thermo Fisher said it expects the facility to be complete in Q3 of this year.
Read the full news release here.
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