Health Care & Insurance  June 18, 2019

Agilent opens new Frederick facility

FREDERICK — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), a pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Frederick.

The new $185-million, 135,000-square-foot operation will make oligonucleotide active pharmaceutical ingredients. Those products, known as “oligos,” are short DNA and RNA molecules that customers use to produce nucleic acid-based therapeutics, according to a company news release.

The Frederick site complements Agilent’s existing Boulder manufacturing site.

“We’re committed to Frederick and the state of Colorado,” Brian Carothers, vice president of Agilent’s Nucleic Acid Solutions Division, said in a…

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Ken Amundson is managing editor of BizWest. He has lived in Loveland and reported on issues in the region since 1987. Prior to Colorado, he reported and edited for news organizations in Minnesota and Iowa. He's a parent of two and grandparent of four, all of whom make their homes on the Front Range. A news junkie at heart, he also enjoys competitive sports, especially the Rapids.
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