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AstraZeneca to manufacture cancer killer in Singapore

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 21, 2020 a general view is pictured of the offices of British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said on September 8, 2020 that it had "voluntarily paused" a randomized clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine in what it called a routine action after a volunteer developed an unexplained illness. Paul ELLIS / AFP

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AstraZeneca says it will invest 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in building a manufacturing facility in Singapore for antibody drug conjugates (ADCs).

The biopharmaceutical giant announced on Monday.
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AstraZeneca aimed to start designing and construction of the manufacturing facility by the end of this year, with targeted operational readiness from 2029.

According to the company ADCs are next-generation treatments that deliver highly potent cancer-killing agents directly to cancer cells through a targeted antibody.

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