Avantor® Bridgewater Innovation Center
Our flagship Bridgewater Innovation Center is focused on customer-centric biopharma research, discovery and production — to help you solve scientific and operational challenges across multiple modalities.
Accelerating biomanufacturing processes at scale
At our Bridgewater Innovation Center, we help optimize your biomanufacturing processes at scale — so you can deliver breakthrough patient therapies to market faster. Our complete research and development ecosystem and differentiated product portfolio support you at every stage of biopharma research, discovery and production workflows across multiple therapeutic modalities.
Whether you’re scaling up cell and gene therapies, improving downstream efficiency and purification efficiency of monoclonal antibodies or pioneering tomorrow’s vaccines, our collaborative experts work side by side with you to quickly co-develop solutions that solve your most difficult scientific and operational challenges.
The Bridgewater Innovation Center features labs dedicated to support critical bioprocessing workflows:
- Viral Vector & Upstream Cell & Gene Therapy
- Fermentation and Cell Culture
- Downstream Development
- Analytical and Material Sciences
- Pilot – Buffer Prep
- Pilot – Chemical Kilo
Capabilities that power science at every step
Our expanded innovation center is built to save you time and resources. We support you with:
- A complete research and development ecosystem to optimize upstream and downstream processes
- Workflow expertise in multiple modalities, such as monoclonal antibodies, cell & gene therapies and protein/peptide therapeutics
- PhD scientists, biopharma engineers, biologists and bioengineers
- An industry-leading, differentiated portfolio, including J.T.Baker® products and Masterflex® fluid handling technology
- Expanded pilot plant for scale-up simulations and viral vector laboratory
- Onsite quality control, analytical and bioanalytical labs
- Purpose-designed space for collaborative work, fostering faster problem solving, streamlined knowledge exchange and strategic co-innovation
How we support innovation across the globe
Avantor’s network of 13 research and innovation centers across the globe focus on problem solving, collaboration and bringing breakthroughs to market faster.
Our innovation and technology center in Suwon, South Korea, focuses on optimizing purification processes for biopharmaceuticals.
Our technology-driven research and collaboration center in Shanghai, China, advances biopharma in the AMEA region, optimizing process efficiency for monoclonal antibodies and engineering vaccines to improve global health.
Our leading experts discuss innovation, process solutions, industry trends and more to drive progress on life-saving therapies.
Quality is an essential element of every process, product and solution at Avantor and is the foundation for the value we deliver every day.