A ban of WuXi AppTec could slow progress for Philly-area biopharma start-ups.
WuXi AppTec, a biotechnology research and manufacturing company that occupies four buildings and employs 800 in South Philly’s Navy Yard, is among the Chinese-owned companiesA U.S. Senate committee passed a bill this month that would ban government agencies from doing business with WuXi AppTec or any company that uses WuXi AppTec products or services.
Democratic U.S. Senator Bob Casey, who is running for reelection this year, said he was concerned about WuXi AppTec’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. He is not on the committee that voted to advance the bill. Local players that have partnerships with WuXi AppTec did not respond to requests for comment last week on the significance of a potential ban on its operations.
The Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association — Greater Philadelphia, a nonprofit that supports the region’s biopharma sector, declined to comment on the Biosecure Act. “As a global biopharma service provider, WuXi AppTec has been contributing to the Philadelphia biotech ecosystem,” spokesperson Bill Lu said in an email.Scientists affiliated with Penn and other area institutions have worked closely with WuXi AppTec.
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