The WuXi Construction Campus in Dundalk will remain open during the current lockdown after it was deemed an essential site, the Argus has learned.
A spokesman explained that the Mullagharlin site meets the essential construction criteria and is continuing construction activity of contract manufacturing bio-pharma facilities in compliance with Government guidelines.
The company have also confirmed that it is a construction site with regard to a health-related project with relevance to Covid-19.
Modular labs currently under construction will, when completed, be engaged in Covid-19 testing for one of the main manufacturers.
The WuXi Biologics facility, which is set to become the largest contract manufacturing biologics facility in the world using single-use production technology, is about 85% completed. Site utilities have been handed over and are operational and the completed facility is scheduled to be handed over by Q3 2021 to prepare for trial production.