Life Sciences ClusterSupply Chain Development

Mark Phillips

Executive Director, Eastern Region

NC Biotechnology Center

www.ncbiotech.org March 15, 2012

Aylward Enterprises• Matt Neumann, VP - Sales and Marketing• Located in New Bern, NC • leader in the pharmaceutical packaging

industry, focused on developing and producing leading edge and customizable blister machines, feeding systems and bottle packaging equipment.

• customers include the world’s leading branded and generic pharmaceutical, consumer healthcare, and contract packaging companies

Metrics, Inc.

• Phil Hodges, President and CEO• Located in Greenville, NC• Globally, Metrics provides a broad spectrum of

contract services, and is one of the most respected pharmaceutical research, formulation, development and manufacturing companies in the United States today.

West Pharmaceuticals

• Ken Morris, Plant Manager• Located in Kinston, NC• Produces elastomeric stoppers/plungers

supplied for pharmaceutical applications, as well as parts for disposable syringes, IV sets, and blood collection apparatus.

• global partner in providing best-in-class innovations that advance the technology of drug administration.

Helping to Establish the Life Sciences Cluster in Eastern NC…

• Burroughs Wellcome – Greenville, NC (now DSM Pharmaceuticals)

• Abbott Labs – Rocky Mount, NC (now Hospira)

• Created clusters morphing from just Pharma to BioPharma and other subsectors, such as Ag Biotech, Marine Biotech and the development of a more robust Supply Chain. We refer to this cluster as the…

BioEast Alliance

North Carolina’s BioEast Alliance

West Pharmaceuticals

Aylward Enterprises

NC BioEast Alliance’s Key Life Sciences Resources

• Large concentration of pharmaceutical manufacturing – over 5,000 employed

• East Carolina University (28,000 students)

• ECU Brody School of Medicine

• NC Biotechnology Center Eastern Office

• Technology Enterprise Center of Eastern Carolina and Gateway Technology Center (accelerators)

• NC Community College System

• BioNetwork Bioprocessing Center

• BioEducation Consortium – K-12, ECU, Community Colleges, NC Biotechnology Center, NC Eastern Region

Why Biotechnology / Life Sciences Cluster• Skilled workforce with cGMP knowledge (JV to quantify labor supply by

NCER/NCBC)

• Research and Training Infrastructure

• ECU – Masters in Biotechnology

• ECU – Good Manufacturing Principles (GMP) Compliance Ready – Dept. of Chemistry

• Accessibility – freeways, two airports

• Affordability – lowest cost pharmaceutical manufacturing location in US

• Proximity to Research Triangle Park

• Excellent Quality of Life

• Excess utility capabilities

Biotech Economic Impact in North Carolina

N O R T H C A R O L I N A B I O T E C H N O L O G Y C E N T E R

• Over 530 bio-science companies

• $64.6 billion annual industry

• $1.9 billion paid annually in state and local taxes

• 226,000 jobs in biotech and biotech-related fields

• $74,000 average salary for biotech jobs

• 29% jobs growth over the past 7 years

# 3 State for number of Bio-Science Companies# 3 State for number of Bio-Science Companies

Introduction of Speakers

• Matt Neumann, VP - Sales and Marketing– Aylward Enterprises

• Phil Hodges, President and CEO– Metrics, Inc.

• Ken Morris, Plant Manager– West Pharmaceuticals