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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