Biomanufacturing boost for Brisbane

Key points

• A state-of-the-art biomanufacturing facility called ENTRI has opened in south Brisbane. It is the first purpose-built facility in Australia certified under current Good Manufacturing Practice standards set by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
• The more than $100 million project is backed by federal, Queensland and Translational Research Institute funding. ENTRI is expected to create 500 skilled science jobs.
• Officials say it will help biotech firms move research towards patient treatments without sending production overseas.