The tour was full with 40 participants (about 20 students).  Genentech provided 6 tour guides and divided the group into smaller groups of 10 for a more personal experience.  THANK YOU.





TOUR OF GENENTECH'S BIOLOGICS MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN OCEANSIDE

 

Genentech is a leading biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes biotherapeutics for significant unmet medical needs.  A considerable number of the currently approved biotechnology products originated from or are based on Genentech science.  Genentech manufactures and commercializes multiple biotechnology products directly in the United States and licenses several additional products to other companies.  The company has headquarters in South San Francisco, California and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DNA. For additional information about the company, please visit www.gene.com

In June of 2005 Genentech purchased Biogen Idec's NIMO Oceanside, California biologics manufacturing facility. 

•    NIMO is a multi-product, biopharmaceutical manufacturing complex on 60 acres of land.
•    The complex contains six buildings:  Manufacturing, Lab/Office, Utility, Warehouse / Dispensing, Maintenance,
      and Cogeneration.

•    All buildings are connected by an enclosed corridor called the “spine.”
•    Highly automated batch and process controls performed by a distributed control system (DCS).
•    State of the art biotech production facility.

The tour is scheduled for Wednesday, October 11, 2006, at 2:30 pm.  If you are interested in attending the tour please email Mark Shin at Shinster1@Yahoo.com with the following information:
1.    Your name.
2.    Your employer's name
3.    Your title.

The maximum number for the tour is 40.  Please do not wear high heels which are not allowed in the production facility.  Please meet at the main lobby of Genentech at the designated time for the tour.  The address is Genentech--NIMO, 1 Antibody Way, Oceanside, CA  92056 or download driving directions (pdf).