The CDMO giant hit the ground running at full speed this year, announcing it will expand its BioProcess Innovation Center in Research Triangle Park, NC. The move will double its existing laboratory footprint in the Tar Heel State, and add another 145 skilled jobs to the site by 2024. Another 89,000 square feet will be added, which will allow for a more robust commercial process.

Spark Therapeutics, one of the first and now largest cell and gene therapy companies in the Philadelphia region, announced Friday that it was investing $575 million into a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.

Today, three biotech companies, Innocoll Biotherapeutics, Genapsys, and Adicet Bio, announced relocation and expansion plans.

Avison Young, a global commercial real estate company, announced that Innocoll Biotherapeutics opened a new office in Princeton, N.J. Innocoll is a biotherapeutics pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing technologies to answer unmet health-care needs.

Several life sciences companies and life science-focused real estate firms have announced expansion plans as 2021 comes to an end. Here’s a look.

Novavax to Expand Maryland Campus

Novavax, on the cusp of getting its COVID-19 vaccine authorized in numerous countries around the world, is expanding its footprint in Gaithersburg, Md., where it is headquartered.