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Roche buys Canadian R&D facility for $190 million

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 12:57 PM

Roche has said it intends to establish a "major global pharmaceutical development site" in Ontario, Canada, creating around 200 skilled jobs, according to PharmaTimes.

The facility in Mississauga will be set up with an investment fund of $190 million, with an additional $7.79 million provided by the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. Renovations of the site will begin later this year and some employees have already been recruited, said Roche Canada.

Mississauga joins five other global development sites in the Roche network and will concentrate on managing operations for clinical research. The company said it selected Ontario for the facility because of its "educated and capable workforce and a favorable business environment supported by a government that places a high strategic priority on life sciences."

 Over the next five years, positions in areas such as global study management, data management and regulatory aspects of product development will be filled, and Canada will "provide global leadership and coordination for clinical development that will take place through its substantial affiliate R&D network conducting clinical trials in more than 60 countries," according to Roche.

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