GE Healthcare收购Xcellerex 进一步扩大其在生物制药生产方面的能力

英格兰CHALFONT ST GILES--(美国商业资讯)--通用电气（纽约证券交易所代码：GE）旗下的医疗保健业务部门GE医疗集团（GE Healthcare）今日宣布，该公司已达成收购Xcellerex, Inc.的协议，Xcellerex是一家为快速增长的生物制药行业提供创新生产技术的供应商。对Xcellerex的收购将使GE医疗集团进一步扩大其为生物制药生产提供产品和服务的能力，如重组蛋白、抗体和疫苗的生产。双方公司间的强大战略契合与在产品开发和营销方面的扩大能力相结合，将为客户提供显著效益。此次收购的有关财务条款尚未公布。

Xcellerex开发并生产围绕一次性使用组分的统包生物制药系统和生产规模的生物反应器。其专有产品具有显著优势，如较快地安装、较低的资金投入，此外，还可降低交叉污染的风险，与传统生产技术相比，显著提高了灵活性。Xcellerex具有生产规模的一次性使用生物反应器系统与GE医疗集团的产品及一系列用于细胞培养的培养基相辅相成。Xcellerex的FlexFactory^®是一个围绕一次性使用技术的完全定制设计的模块化生产平台，所采用的一次性使用技术可帮助客户更加快速地配置生产能力。双方公司所拥有专长和能力的结合，将使GE医疗集团能够向生物制药行业提供更为宽广范围的增值综合产品和服务。

GE医疗生命科学、生物技术副总裁兼首席技术官Nigel Darby博士评论道："GE医疗集团已为生物制药生产行业建立了一整套世界一流的工具、技术和服务，而且，新加入我们产品组合的Xcellerex创新产品，将能够极大地促进我们向客户提供的产品及服务。GE和Xcellerex拥有共同的愿景，整合式作业可帮助客户优化他们生产过程中的每一个阶段，可望提高生产的灵活性，而且在缩短产品进入市场时间的同时，还具有提供更高成品产率的潜能。随着全球对医疗费用的持续上涨及可承受医疗需求的关注，这些都成为行业的关键问题。"

Xcellerex总裁兼首席执行官Guy Broadbent表达了对此次收购的赞同："我们非常高兴成为GE医疗集团生命科学业务的一部分。Xcellerex工作人员、技术和服务与GE医疗集团的资源和全球影响力相结合，无疑将使我们发展业务的规划向前推进。Xcellerex产品与GE医疗集团在上游和下游生物加工领域互补能力的结合，将有助于为我们的客户带来更大的利益。我们整个Xcellerex团队都期待着加入GE。"

预期收购将于2012年第二季度完成，但尚待惯例成交条件的达成。

关于GE医疗集团

GE医疗集团提供变革性的医疗技术和服务，塑造患者护理新时代。我们在医疗成像与信息技术、医学诊断、病人监护系统、药物开发、生物制药生产技术、绩效提升以及绩效解决方案服务方面的广泛专业经验能够帮助客户以更低的成本，为全球更多患者提供更好的医疗保健。此外，我们还与医疗业领军者合作，力图促成全球政策的必要调整，实现向可持续发展的医疗体系的顺利转型。我们着眼于全球，以降低成本、扩大可及范围、提高质量为重点，不断开发创新解决方案。在此过程中，我们的"健康创想"（healthymagination）远景蓝图计划邀请全世界加入我们的行列。GE医疗集团总部位于英国，是通用电气公司（纽约证券交易所：GE）旗下业务部门，年销售额达160亿美元。GE医疗集团员工全力为100多个国家的医护专业人员及患者服务。如需了解GE医疗集团的更多信息，请访问我们的网站：www.gehealthcare.com。

关于Xcellerex, Inc.

Xcellerex商业化统包生物制造解决方案，这些解决方案变革生产医用蛋白（包括生物仿制药和疫苗）的速度和经济性。公司的FlexFactory®是基于一次性使用技术、先进加工自动化和紧凑洁净室结构的完全模块化的轻便生产链。

FlexFactory能够更加迅速地配置GMP生产能力，而且与传统设施相比，极大地降低了成本。在合作伙伴对其新的FlexFactory进行性能验证期间，Xcellerex通过其BridgeSourcing^TM服务，为合作伙伴生产生物分子。当合作伙伴的设施准备就绪后，Xcellerex即开展其TransPlant^TM过程，对合作伙伴自己的FlexFactory进行安装、验证并对合作伙伴人员进行培训。这种并行模式既加速了进入临床和商业化生产的进程，又使合作伙伴能够管理与增加生产能力相关的开发和市场风险。

Xcellerex还通过销售XDR生物反应器、XDM Quad混和器和相关一次性使用组合为其专有的一次性使用技术融资。迄今为止，应用Xcellerex技术，已为临床试验研究生产了超过20种的医用蛋白和疫苗。

Xcellerex拥有约135名员工，2011年的总收入约5千万美元。

Xcellerex总部位于马萨诸塞州马尔伯勒，得到经验丰富的管理团队和顶级风险投资商的支持，这些投资商包括Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers和VantagePoint Venture Partners。如需了解更多信息，请访问公司网站：http://www.xcellerex.com。

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联系方式：

GE医疗集团
Val Jones博士，全球媒体关系经理
电话：+44 7917 175 192
电子邮件：val.jones@ge.com
或
Xcellerex
Robert Gottlieb
电话：+1 857 891 9091
电子邮件：robertmg52@gmail.com

北京时间3月8日凌晨消息，通用电气公司旗下的医疗保健部门GE Healthcare周三宣布，将收购美国生物生产设备制造商Xcellerex Inc.，该交易将帮助GE Healthcare扩大其在生物制药市场的表现。该交易的财务条款并未公布，交易预计将在今年第二季度完成。

GE Healthcare预计该并购将帮助扩大其在重组蛋白、抗体和疫苗制造设备市场的产品和服务。GE Healthcare在一份声明中表示，Xcellerex的产品更容易安装，具有更低的资本投资，能够减少交叉感染的风险，并且与传统的制造技术相比更加灵活。

截至2011年，总部位于马萨诸塞州的Xcellerex拥有135名雇员，其营收大约为5000万美元。该公司获得的风险资本投资包括Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers、VantagePoint Venture Partners和SCG Capital。

通用电气公司在今年1月份报告其第四财季盈利下滑了18%。

GE Healthcare to acquire Xcellerex Inc., broadening capabilities in growing biopharmaceutical manufacture segment
 
07 March 2012

Addition of high growth company builds integrated, start-to-finish industry offering, focused on lowering costs, increasing productivity and reducing time to market

Chalfont St Giles, UK – 7 March 2012 – GE Healthcare, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE) announced today it has reached an agreement to acquire Xcellerex, Inc. a supplier of innovative manufacturing technologies for the fast-growing biopharmaceutical industry. The acquisition of Xcellerex will allow GE Healthcare to expand its offering of products and services for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals such as recombinant proteins, antibodies and vaccines. The strong strategic fit between the two companies, combined with expanded capabilities in product development and marketing, will offer significant customer benefits. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Xcellerex develops and produces turn-key biomanufacturing systems and production-scale bioreactors based around single-use components. The proprietary products offer significant advantages such as faster installation, lower capital investment, reduced risk of cross-contamination, and significantly increased flexibility compared with traditional manufacturing technologies. Xcellerex’s production-scale single-use bioreactor systems are complementary to GE Healthcare’s products and range of media for cell culture. Xcellerex’s FlexFactory^® is a complete custom-designed modular production platform based around single-use technologies that helps customers deploy manufacturing capacity more quickly. Combining the expertise and capabilities of the two companies will enable GE Healthcare to offer a substantially wider range of added-value, integrated products and services to the biopharmaceutical industry.

Dr. Nigel Darby, Vice President of BioTechnologies, and Chief Technology Officer, GE Healthcare Life Sciences said, “GE Healthcare has built a world-class set of tools, technologies and services for the biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry, and by adding Xcellerex’s innovative products to our portfolio, we will be able to strongly enhance our customer offering. GE and Xcellerex share the vision that an integrated approach, where we can help customers optimize every stage of their manufacturing process, has the potential to increase production flexibility and to deliver higher yields of finished product while reducing time to market. With the global focus on spiralling health costs and the need for sustainable healthcare, these are critical issues for the industry.”

Welcoming the acquisition, Guy Broadbent, President and CEO of Xcellerex, said, "We are very excited to become part of GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business. The combination of Xcellerex’s people, technologies and services with the resources and global reach of GE Healthcare will allow us to bring forward our plans to grow the business. The integration of Xcellerex’s products with GE Healthcare’s complementary capabilities in upstream and downstream bioprocessing will help bring great benefits to our customers. The entire Xcellerex team looks forward to joining GE.”

The acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in Q2 2012.

About GE Healthcare 
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems. Our “healthymagination” vision for the future invites the world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality around the world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employees are committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website atwww.gehealthcare.com.

About Xcellerex, Inc.
Xcellerex is commercializing turnkey biomanufacturing solutions that transform the speed and economics of producing therapeutic proteins, including biosimilars and vaccines. The company’s FlexFactory® is a complete modular and portable production train based on single-use technologies, advanced process automation, and compact clean room architecture. FlexFactory allows deployment of GMP manufacturing capacity more rapidly and at greatly reduced costs compared with traditional facilities. Through its BridgeSourcing™ services, Xcellerex manufactures a partner’s biomolecules while the partner prepares for commissioning of its own new FlexFactory. When the partner’s facility is ready, Xcellerex deploys its TransPlant™ process to install, validate and train partner personnel in their own FlexFactory. This parallel-path model both accelerates time to clinical and commercial manufacturing and allows partners to manage the development and market risks associated with adding manufacturing capacity. Xcellerex also leverages its proprietary single use technologies through the sale of XDR bioreactors, XDM Quad Mixers, and related single-use assemblies. To date, more than 20 therapeutic proteins and vaccines have been manufactured for clinical trials using Xcellerex technology. The company employs approximately 135 people and had revenues of approximately $50 million in 2011. Based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Xcellerex is backed by an experienced management team and top-tier venture investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and VantagePoint Venture Partners. For more information, please visit the company’s website at http://www.xcellerex.com