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GE Ships Ready-Made Drug Factories From Berlin to Beijing

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  • GE is shipping ready-to-assemble biopharma plants to China
  • Companies prepare to make cheaper versions of biologic drugs
A crane lowers a KUBio module into place in Biolake Science Park in Wuhan.

A crane lowers a KUBio module into place in Biolake Science Park in Wuhan.

 Source: GE Healthcare

As drugmakers attempt to move up the value chain to manufacture sophisticated new medicines in China, General Electric Co. wants to sell them factories: right off the shelf.

GE shipped its first pre-made biopharmaceutical factory from Germany to China in September. The building made its way to a biotechnology zone in the central Chinese city of Wuhan bundled in 62 containers -- traveling along the Rhine and Yangtze rivers and going by sea in between. In China, the factory was assembled and built in 11 days.