BRIDGE PHARMACEUTICALS DEDICATES ITS PRECLINICAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY IN BEIJING

Today, Bridge Pharmaceuticals had the dedication ceremony for its recently completed Bridge Zhongguancun Preclinical Drug Development Laboratory I. In attendance at the ceremony were: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom; Deputy Mayor Beijing Municipal Office Hao Lu; Beijing Deputy Mayor Bo-Yuan Fan; US Embassy Senior Commercial Officer Craig Allen; Former Beijing Deputy Mayor Zhao-Guang Hu; Director of Beijing Municipal Industrial Development Bureau Lian-Yuan Cheng; Director of Beijing Municipal Science Technology Office Hai Feng; and Former San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordon. This 7,800 square meter facility puts Bridge at the forefront of preclinical outsourcing to China and will be the first and only US level GLP and AAALAC designed facility in China.

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