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BioMarin Clears Hurdle for $60M Expansion in Marin County

NOVATO, CA-The biomed giant needed approvals from both the United States and the European Union to put its newly expanded plant into production.

By Morris Newman | Updated on December 20, 2011

NOVATO, CA-In a decision that has an impact on the growth of  bio-med industry in the Bay Area, a European agency has recommended approval for the sale of drugs that BioMarin Pharmaceuticals Inc. plans to make in its newly expanded plant in this Marin County city.

Developers and tenants who complain about the many approvals required to build in California may be interested by BioMarin’s dilemma: The company completed a 21,800-square-foot, $60 million facility in 2009. The building has stood empty, however, while the company awaits word from regulators on two continents that drugs made in the newly expanded Novato plant can be sold in both the US and European Union.

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