Sandoz To Close Barcelona Plant Under Antibiotics Manufacturing Revamp

Novartis Division Also Reveals Plans For Expansion

Sandoz has shed some light on how it intends to invest €150m into its European antibiotics manufacturing network, while announcing the closure of a plant in Spain to remain “cost-competitive on the global market.”

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The facility in Les Franqueses del Vallès is to close in 2024 • Source: Shutterstock

Sandoz has announced plans to close one manufacturing facility and expand another in Spain, while pressing on with expansion work at its vertically-integrated Kundl manufacturing site in Austria, as the Novartis division restructures its antibiotic manufacturing setup in Europe amid “fierce competition from Asia.”

In July last year, Sandoz and the Austrian government teamed up to invest more than €150m ($183m) in antibiotics manufacturing...

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