EMA CHMP recommends approval for BioMarin's Novato manufacturing facility expansion

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended approval for the company's manufacturing facility expansion in Novato, CA.  Final approval by the EMA is expected in the first quarter of 2012, which would allow for products manufactured at the facility to be distributed in the European Union.  The two Novato facilities will support up to $1.0 billion in revenue for BioMarin's growing enzyme replacement therapy portfolio. 

"We are pleased that the CHMP has recommended a positive opinion for the expanded Novato manufacturing facility on the heels of the FDA approval in late November," stated Jean-Jacques Bienaime, Chief Executive Officer of BioMarin.  "As our commercial products continue to grow and our pipeline advances, this state-of-the-art facility will help support the manufacturing requirements for anticipated peak sales of our commercial products and several of our clinical and pre-clinical programs."

SOURCE BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.