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Evonik announces Vancouver GMP expansion for lipid-based medicines

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Site published: 2026-11-03 · Updated: 2026-11-03

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Evonik announced a Vancouver expansion for GMP manufacturing of lipid-based drug products, involving more than C$150 million in investment and up to C$68 million in Canadian government support. The project includes production, quality control, and microbiology capabilities. Evonik expects the expansion to more than triple existing capacity; this is planned capacity rather than production already available to customers.

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The project addresses formulation and drug-product capacity, while emphasizing that investment announcements and capacity available for clinical supply represent different milestones.

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