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Thermo Fisher Scientific opens Customer Solution Center in China to support pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical laboratories

Thermo Fisher Scientific
21 Nov 2019
Arran Tabary-Davies
Microbiologist

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., has announced the official opening of a Customer Solution Center in Shanghai, China. This follows the recent announcements of a Biosciences Customer Exploration Center in Shanghai and the expansion of our clinical trials logistics facility in Suzhou.

The new Pharma and BioPharma Center will support the delivery of novel and high-quality therapeutics by providing expertise in critical analytical processes and specialized workflows.

"The opening of a Pharma and BioPharma Customer Solution Center in China demonstrates our commitment to bringing analytical technologies to laboratories across the region and supporting quality-by-design through scientific collaboration." said Tony Acciarito, president of Thermo Fisher Scientific in China. "The new Center reinforces our mission of enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer by helping laboratories in China nurture innovation and bring effective medicines to waiting patients."

Zhong Feng, director, Shandong New Time Pharmaceutical Co., LTD., said, "Thermo Fisher’s new Customer Solution Center in Shanghai is a hub of collaboration that will enable scientists across China to build new analytical workflows, enhance knowledge across our pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical sector and help build capability and expertise in the region."

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