Swiss biotech Lonza expands Houston footprint with Pearland laboratory expansion

A European biotech company with a significant Houston presence is adding to its local footprint with a laboratory expansion.

Switzerland-based contract development and manufacturing organization Lonza Group Ltd. announced the completion of 15,000 square feet of laboratory space on Feb. 2. Behnam Ahmadian Baghbaderani, Lonza’s head of process development for cell and gene therapy, said the space would allow Lonza to host more customers looking to manufacture cell and gene therapy as well as to…