Exclusive: Fast-growing biotech firm takes King of Prussia space, plans 100 new jobs

Source, Philadelphia Business Journal, Natalie Kostelni

WuXi Biologics has leased 33,000 square feet at the Discovery Labs in King of Prussia and expects to add 100 jobs by the end of this year.

The company took the King of Prussia space earlier this year and “plans to build a development lab to serve our local and global biotech and biopharma partners,” said Ruyi Shi, a WuXi Biologics spokeswoman, in an email. The company declined to elaborate, saying that no additional information was available at this time.

On Glassdoor, LinkedIn and ZipRecruiter, WuXi Biologics has job postings for research associates, scientists, quality assurance specialists and other positions involving working in a lab in King of Prussia.

Discovery Labs is a 1.6-million-square-foot campus that includes 1 million square feet of former GlaxoSmithKline manufacturing and office space at 411 Swedeland Road in Upper Merion. Earlier this year, developer Brian O’Neill announced he had teamed up with Deerfield Management Co. to launch the Center for Breakthrough Medicines in 680,000 square feet at Discovery Labs that would serve as a manufacturing facility for companies needing a place to outsource cell-and-gene therapy and other production.

A representative from Discovery Labs declined to comment on WuXi Biologics taking space in the facility.