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THE WORLD’S ONLY SINGLE-

SOURCE PLATFORM
FROM CONCEPT TO
COMMERCIALIZATION
State-of-the-art Technology Platforms to
Expedite Global Biologics Development
Chris Chen, CEO WuXi Biologics
ISPE Thailand
July 9 2018
Presentation Outline

 Biologics as Innovative Drugs to Treat Unmet Medical


Needs

 State-of-the-art Platforms at WuXi Biologics

 Successful Collaborations

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Biological Therapeutic Drug Market Share

The market share of biologics in top 100 selling drugs

2008 2016 2022


(30%) 49% 52%

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2016 Best Selling Drugs in Global: 7 out of Top 10 Biologics

Rank Drug Company Diseases 2016 Sales Type


($bn)
1 Adalimumab Abbvie RA 16.4 Biologics
2 Etanercept Amgen RA 9.3 Biologics
3 Sofosbuvir+ledipasvir Gilead HCV 9.1 Chemicals
4 Infliximab J&J RA 8.9 Biologics
5 Rituximab Roche Oncology 7.4 Biologics
6 Lenalidomide Celgene Oncology 7 Chemicals
7 bevacizumab Roche Oncology 6.9 Biologics
8 Trastuzumab Roche Oncology 6.9 Biologics
9 Insulin glargine Sanofi Diabetes 6.4 Biologics
10 Rivaroxaban Bayer Anticoagulant 5.6 Chemicals

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Global Antibody Therapeutics Market

1998 – 2015 Global Antibody Therapeutics Sales ($bn) and CAGR


100 1.8
91.63
158%
90 85.58 1.6

80 76.52
1.4
70 65.41
1.2
60 100% 57.44
53.36 1
50
42.82
0.8
40 67%
34.94
31.21 0.6
50% 50% 47%
30 46%
42%
22
33% 0.4
20 29% 15 23% 25%
10.3 14% 17%
10 8 12% 12% 0.2
4 8% 7%
1.2 2 3
0.8
0 0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Sales CAGR

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New And Exciting Biologics Drug Targets Emerged

Science:Top of the Y2013 scientific breakthroughs

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Vision of WuXi AppTec Group
“Every drug can be made and every disease can be
treated” through building the open-access platform
with the most comprehensive capabilities and
technologies in the global healthcare industry.

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WuXi AppTec Group - An Open Enabling Platform with 6 Pillars

Small Molecule Cell Therapy Drug R&D and Biologics Genomics In-vitro and
Drug R&D and and Medical Device R&D and and Clinical
Manufacturing Gene Therapy Testing Manufacturing Data Platform Diagnostics

——————————————— WuXi AppTec—————————————— ——WuXi Biologics— ——WuXi NextCODE— ——WuXi Diagnostics—


(Stock code: 603259.SH / 2359.HK) (02269.HK)

22,000+ employees | 30+ sites | 3,000+ customers


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WuXi AppTec Group - Our Global Footprint U.S.
Boston MA Genomics &
Biologics
Manufacturing
China Plainsboro NJ DMPK and
Bioanalytical
Philadelphia PA Cell Therapy
Shanghai R&D Headquarters Manufacturing
San Diego CA Small Molecule R&D
Shanghai Clinical / Regulatory and Manufacturing
Austin TX Clinical
Shanghai Preclinical Drug Discovery Development Service

Changzhou Small Molecule R&D and Manufacturing St. Paul MN Medical Device
Testing
Jinshan Small Molecule Manufacturing Atlanta GA Medical Device and
Biologics Testing
Wuxi Biologics Manufacturing

Wuxi Cell and Gene Therapy R&D &


Ireland
Manufacturing
Dundalk Ireland Biologics Manufacturing
Suzhou Drug and Medical Device
Safety Evaluation
Nanjing DMPK and Bioanalytical Singapore
Qidong Small Molecule R&D
Singapore Singapore Biologics Manufacturing
Tianjin Chemistry and Drug Discovery

Chengdu Healthcare Industrial Park Germany


Wuhan Chemistry and Drug Discovery
Munich Germany Drug Discovery
Beijing Clinical / Regulatory

Guangzhou Program Management


Iceland
Shijiazhuang Clinical Development Service, R&D and Manufacturing Reykjavik Iceland Genomics

China U.S. Germany Iceland Israel Ireland Singapore Korea Japan U.K.
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WuXi AppTec Group - Entrusted by >3,500 Collaborative Partners

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WuXi Biologics

June 2017: $587M IPO


Biologics R&D and Manufacturing HKEX: 02269.HK
Top ten IPO on Hong Kong
Stock Exchange 2017
The only open-access biologics
technology platform in the world
Now a member of Hang
offering end-to-end solutions to Seng HK 35 Index and
empower organizations to discover, multiple other indexes
develop and manufacture biologics
from concept to commercial
manufacturing

4,150+ employees, 5 global sites, 220+ customers


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Our Mission and Business Model
Our Mission
To accelerate and TRANSFORM Biologics discovery, development and manufacturing
to benefit patients worldwide

Our “Follow the Molecule” Integrated Solution Model


Our customers’ demand for our services increases as their biologics advance through development and
ultimately to commercialization – our knowledge from working with clients in early stages, streamlines
future development and manufacturing activities and enables cost efficient solutions

Our Strong Proprietary Technology Platform


Biologics & ADC Manufacturing
Platform

Biologics Formulation Platform Biologics Discovery Platform

Biologics Characterization & Proprietary Cell Line Development


Testing Platform Platform

State-of-the-art Cell Culture Platform

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Our Global Footprint

Shijiazhuang
48,000L Wuxi • CMC development
111,000L • Pilot scale manufacture
Suzhou • Clinical and commercial mfg.
• Cell line characterization • Fed-batch and perfusion
• Viral clearance studies • Bioconjugation/ADC DS and DP
• DP FFF (vials & PFS / liquid & lyo)
Worcester, MA Dundalk, Ireland Chengdu
54,000L 48,000L
USA
4,500L

Shanghai
7,000L
Singapore • Discovery
4,500L • CMC development
280K+ • cGMP cell banking
176.5K • Pilot scale manufacture
• GMP DS clinical manufacture

Capacity in Progress (CIP) by Year 112K

(Liters) 52K Providing 280,000L of total bioreactor capacity


35K 42K
5K
and a global supply chain network across 4 countries

2012 2017 2018 2019 2020


Connecting 2021 2022
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All Services, One Central Location in China

Shanghai (multiple sites)


Wuxi city (multiple sites) Biologics Discovery
160km from Shanghai Biologics CMC Development
cGMP Cell Banking
Biologics CMC Development
Pilot Scale Manufacture
DS Pilot, Clinical & Commercial Manufacture
DS Clinical Manufacture
DP GMP Fill/Finish (vials & PFS)
Bioconjugation DS & DP Manufacture
All mAb, bispecific Ab and ADC
discovery, CMC and MFG
activities only 1-2 hrs. drive or
Suzhou less in China!
80km from Shanghai
Cell Line Characterization - Greatly streamlines DNA to IND
Viral Clearance Studies timeline
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Experience And Compliance Summary
The world’s ONLY single-source platform from concept to commercialization
Leadership and Team
Led by industry experts with 20+ years of experience across all functional areas
4,300+ employees and 355+ returnees
Track Record
220+ global clients including 13 of Top 20 Large Pharma & 22 of Top 50
205+ client molecules in development and/or GMP manufacture
Regulation
First in China to provide quality system that meets worldwide regulatory standard
Passed 125+ GMP audits from global clients
Approved by U.S. FDA and EMA for Commercial Production of TaiMed’s Trogarzo
IP Protection
We hold ourselves accountable for our clients’ IP

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Experienced World-Class Leadership Team

Chris Chen, Ph.D. Weichang Zhou, Ph.D. JiJie Gu, Ph.D. Chiang Syin, Ph.D. Jian Dong, MBA Jing Li, M.D., Angus Turner, MBA
Chief Executive Officer Chief Technology Officer Chief Scientific Officer Chief Quality Officer Sr. Vice President Ph.D., MBA Vice President
Sr. Vice President Exec. Vice President Sr. Vice President Global Manufacturing Sr. Vice President Global BD & Alliance
Discovery Services Discovery Services Management

20 years’ experience 25+ years’ experience 20+ years’ experience 29 years’ experience 25+ years’ experience 20+ years’ 20+ years’
Shanghai Kanda, Genzyme, PDL, Merck, Biologics discovery, in FDA regulatory Unilab Bioscience, experience experience
Celgen, AME, Eli Lilly, Fellow of the preclinical and clinical review and GMP Celgen, Eli Novartis, Wyeth Lonza, Bayer,
Merck American Chemical development compliance Lilly,Shenzhen (Pfizer) AppTec
University of Society & American Harvard, Abbott, US FDA China Office, Kangtai,University of Peking University University of
Delaware (Ph.D.) Inst. for Medical and AbbVie FDA CBER, CFDI of Webster (MBA) (M.D., Ph.D.), Yale Warwick (MBA),
Tsinghua University Biological Engineering, Peking Union Medical CFDA (now NMPA) University (MBA) University of
(B.S.) University of College (Ph.D.), The Catholic Strathclyde (M.Sc.)
Hannover (Ph.D.) Editorial Board: mAbs University of America
(Ph.D.)

Scientific Advisory Board: James Larrick, M.D. and Ph.D. (Panorama), Ram Sasisekharan, Ph.D. (MIT),
David D. Ho, M.D. (Rockfeller), Wei-Shou Hu, Ph.D. (Univ. of Minnesota) and David Liu, Ph.D. (Harvard)

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Experienced World-Class Leadership Team

Jiexing (Jill) PK Tsai, Ph.D. Jie Chen, Ph.D. Xiaoya (Melinda) Xuelin (Michael) Xuejun (Sherry) Gang Huang, Zhuozhi Jimmy Li, Ph.D. Shiwen Lin, Ph.D.
Cai Vice President Vice President Ding, Ph.D. Gu, Ph.D. Gu, Ph.D. Ph.D. (George) Wang, Vice President Vice President
Vice President Quality (Training and CMC Management Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Head of MFG1,Drug Downstream Process
Integration) 20+ years’
Ph.D., MBA Substance Manufacturing
Cell and Protein Training Quality Control CMC Management Analytical Sciences Development
Vice President
Sciences 30+ years’ experience experience 20+ years’ experience 25+ years’ experience 20 years’ experience and Shanghai QC 18+ years’ biologics 25+ years’ biologics CMC
Discovery
20+ years’ in Bioprocess R & D Dyax, Shire Various CRO firms J&J, PPD BMS, Eli Lilly 20+ years’ experience development,scale- experience
20+ years’ experience
experience and managing Third Rutgers University University of University of Massachusetts Amgen, Sigma-Aldrich up&GMP manufacturing Biogen, Therion, BD
CancerVax/Micromet
Amgen, Abbott, party collaboration Wisconsin–Madison Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Technology Purdue University experience Bioscience, Infimed,
Bayer; Peking
Millennium Merck (Ph.D.) (Ph.D.) (Ph.D.) (Ph.D.) Genentech, Tanox, Diversa Schering-Plough (now
University (Ph.D.),
Wesleyan University University of Minnesota University of Maryland, MSD), Vertex, Agenus
UC Berkeley (MBA)
(M.S.) (Ph.D.) Baltimore County (Ph.D.), Inc.
Tsinghua University Northeastern University
(Ph.D.)

Paul Liu, Ph.D. Brendan McGrath Keqiang (Peter) Liang Tang, Ph.D. DQ Wang, Ph.D. Gang Wang, Weijun (Wesley) Alan Wong, MBA Xuejian (Jerry)
Vice President Vice President Shen Vice President Vice President Ph.D. Wang, Ph.D. Vice President Xu, Ph.D.
Biodevelopment Head of Dundalk, Vice President Cell Culture Process Drug Products Vice President Vice President Head of MFG5&SJZ site Vice President
25+ years’ Ireland Site Head of MFG3, Development 25+ years’ Quality Process 30 years’ experience Quality Assurance
experience 15+ years’ experience Clinical Manufacturing 25+ years’ experience experience, Bayer, 20+ years’ Development Simcere, Regeneron, 25+ years’
Merck,Nektar, Livzon Organon, Schering- 25+ years’ experience in Biologics Adjunct professor at experience 25+ years’ Biogen,Wyeth (Pfizer), experience
Mabpharm, Plough and MSD Laurate Biopharm, development Purdue University CDE of CFDA, US experience Millennium, Le Moyne FDA, Genzyme,
Shanghai Henlius National University of DuPont Pharma, J&J, Bayer, Heska, Imperial and Peking University, FDA China Office, Amgen, Immunex, College (MBA), Wyeth (Pfizer)
University of Galway Ireland (B.S.), BMS College London Former president of FDA CBER & CDER BMS University of Rochester Northeastern
Delaware (Ph.D.) ACCA, lean six sigma New Mexico State McGill University CABS (Chinese Dartmouth Medical University of (B.S.) University (Ph.D.)
black belt University (M.S.) (Ph.D.) American School (Ph.D.) Georgia (Ph.D.)
BioPharmaceutical
Society) in the US
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Deep Pool of Talent

4,300+ people and expanding


VP and above 27
Exec. / Sr. Director ~75 ~9% returnees
Director/Assoc. Director ~210
Supervisor/Manager ~260
Scientist/Engineers/SGA ~3,600

~9% Ph.D. World’s largest


~50% M.S. CMC development
team among all
CDMOs Local CMC leader
& business contact
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Our Track Record

220+ Global clients, including 13 of the top 20 large pharma


Clients from US, China, EU, Japan, Korea, Singapore & Australia
Client molecules in development or manufacturing
205+ (97 in preclinical, 94 in Phase I/II, 13 in Phase III, 1 commercial)
120+ Cell-based assays developed
including 25 qualified for GMP
1 Client
BLA 290+ Stable cell lines developed
for GMP manufacturing
Approved
100+ IND-enabling worldwide
CMC projects completed
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2018 Pipeline Highlights

WuXiBody™ OMT Platform ADC Platform More……

Multiple-Platform Discovery Engines


• “Follow-the- Molecule”
strategy in full motion

57
47 (1) 7 Terminated
97 Preclinical
• Added 57 molecules into the
pipeline in 2018, total 205 in 7 33
68 Phase I 4
development and

205
manufacturing 22
2 26 Phase II 1
• 10 molecules transferred
from competitors including 1 1 5
13
phase III
13 Phase III 1

Commercial
1
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Note: All of the project No. were compared to 2017 Q4
1. The arrows in black are the projects newly added from outside; the arrows in blue are the projects progressing from earlier stage thanks to our Follow-the-molecule strategy; the dashed arrows are terminated projects.
Regulatory

• Innovative biologics co-development joint venture in China


• Innovative ADC mfg./development partnership in China

First • Batch release of cGMP DS & DP from China for US, EU, Australia
and Singapore
• cGMP biologics mfg. facility in China compliant with US, EU and
Chinese regulatory standards

Passed 125+ GMP audits from global clients

Passed 10 audits by EU Qualified Persons (QPs)

Approved by U.S. FDA and EMA for Commercial Production


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Extensive & Expanding Global Partnerships

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We Enabled the Success of Our Partners

2019/02/28
WuXi Biologics Congratulates Amicus on Receiving FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for AT-
GAA

2018/12/13
WuXi Biologics Congratulates Tychan on First-in-Class Monoclonal Antibody for Yellow Fever after
Record 7 Months of Development

2018/09/11
WuXi Biologics and Inhibrx Enter an Exclusive Partnership for GMP Manufacturing

2018/05/14
WuXi Biologics Congratulates Aravive Biologics on Achieving Proof-of-Mechanism for Novel Biologic
AVB-S6-500 within 20 Months from Cell Line Development

2018/03/07
WuXi Biologics Congratulates TaiMed on FDA Approval for Trogarzo

2018/01/31
WuXi Biologics Congratulates BioAtla on FDA Clearance of IND Application for CAB-AXL-ADC
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More Anchor and Exclusive Customers

Anchor Clients Exclusive Clients

Exclusive for Projects in Chinese Market

WuXiBodyTM Projects

Undisclosed Swiss Customer

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The WuXi Biologics Value Chain

Monoclonal Antibody Bi-Specific Antibody Fc-fusion Protein Antibody Drug Conjugate Recombinant Protein

Product Types

Discovery Assay/For- Cell Bank- Clinical & Lot


Novel Lead Research Cell Line Bio- Research Viral cGMP DS cGMP DP
Biology/ mulation/ ing/Cell Bio- Release/
mAb Drug Candidate Material Engineering/ Toxicology DMPK analytical Manufac- Process Line Char- Clearance Manufac- Manufac-
analytical Stability
Discovery Screening Selection Generation Construction Services turing Dev. acterization Validation turing turing
Testing Testing

Value Chain
Discovery Developability Assessment Preclinical/Development Clinical/Commercial

Global Supply Chain Network


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Rich Pipeline Across all Biologic Formats

205

• 51 First-in-class programs
131
• One of the largest portfolios
of complex proteins such as
Bispecifics, Antibody Drug
31 Conjugates (ADCs), and
19 14
10 fusion proteins
Total mAb Fusion ADC bsAb* Others
protein • All demonstrating globally
leading technical capabilities

mAb Fusion Protein ADC BsAb

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State-of-the-Art Technology Platforms
WuXiBodyTM Bispecific Antibody Drug Conjugate
1 Platform 2 Transgenic Animal For 3
mAbs Discovery Discovery
• Combine any two antibodies and • Access to OMT’s state-of-the-art • Integrate our in-house antibody
assemble into bispecifics transgenic animal technology to discovery, toxin and linker to deliver the
develop fully human antibodies with ideal lead ADC molecules
• Easy to express, no aggregation or high quality, specificity, expression,
mispairing, can be developed 6-18 • Greatly simplify ADC drug development
solubility and stability
months faster and much lower COGS by providing a one-stop shop
than competitor platforms • Proven technology platform used by
20+ other global companies • 30 ongoing projects with ADC discovery
• Support 50+ projects per year which • Support 50+ projects per year with services with potential downstream
attracts downstream services potential downstream services service

WuXia Cell Line Platform Disposable Manufacturing WuXiUP continuous


4 5 Technology 6 manufacturing platform

• Our own proprietary cell line paired • No cleaning and sterilization required • The next generation biologic
with our own proprietary algorithm for disposable bioreactors that use pre- manufacturing solution to accelerate
is more cost-effective, more efficient radiated plastic bags as the production biologics development and
and yields better results vessel in a stainless holder manufacturing as well as to improve the
• Capacity to develop 60+ cell lines affordability of biologics
• A facility using disposable bioreactors
per year and includes in-house GMP can be built 12 to 18 months faster • 30-50g/L titer (10-25X greater than Fed-
cell bank manufacture and with 30% to 50% less investment, and batch)
characterization can produce 5% to 15% more batches
• Developed 290+ cell lines for of products with a higher success rate • Enabling 1,000L disposable bioreactors
therapeutic protein purpose to comparable productivity as traditional
SS tank through WuXiUP

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Our Capabilities

Discovery and Material Generation

CMC Development

Clinical and Commercial Manufacturing

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Multiple Discovery Platforms

Comprehensive Capabilities
Phage Display
 WuXiBody Bispecific Engineering
TM

 WuXiLiAb® Phage Library Construction


 Traditional and Transgenic Rodent
Hybridoma Generation
 Humanization
Transgenic Rat /  Affinity Maturation
Rat/Mouse Mouse  HTS & Protein Analytics
Hybridoma Hybridoma  Functional Characterization

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Human Naïve Phage Library Screening

Panning/screening assay setup


1-4
weeks

3-4 rounds of panning with monitoring


enrichment by polyclonal phage ELISA
2-3
Features weeks

• Constructed in-house from 29 donors, 58 high


Selection output screening (phage
quality κ and λ sub-libraries
ELISA) 1-2
weeks
• Library total size 1.7x1011 containing more than
90% of error-free scFv transcripts
Hit confirmation/cross-reactivity
testing (phage ELISA and/or FACS) 1-2
• Systematically QC’d and verified library quality weeks

• Evaluated with 16 targets, delivered promising lead IgG conversion, scFv and IgG
for 12 projects expression, and functional testing
• Liquid-phase, solid-phase and cell-based panning
• 2-3 months turnover time for naive library Deliverables: 1-10 leads with varying
• 3-4 months turnover time for immune library binding/cross-reactivity profiles for
functional characterization

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TM
- Bispecific Ab Platform

DIFFERENTIATION
• Universal: almost any mAb SPEED
sequence can be used to
build bispecifics No CMC challenges: no
• Flexibility: bi/tri/tetra expression, aggregation or
valency based on biology purification challenges –
Save 6-18 months of
development time

QUALITY
• Expected low
immunogenicity: natural
sequence without
complicated engineering
• Typical in vivo half-life to
mAb, longer than typical
bispecifics
More…

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Hybridoma Platform
Ligand’s OmniAb® Platform
Immunization and fusion Features

• AAALAC accredited and licensed animal facility


• Transgenic mice/rat for fully human antibody generation available Traditional
• Multiple immunogen choices (DNA, Peptide, Protein, Cell or combination) and WuXi
Biologics’ proprietary immunization protocol to increase chances of immune responses and Hybridoma OR
cross-reactivity.
• High fusion efficiency through electrofusion Approach
• Semi-solid method for subcloning

Screening Features

• High throughput protein-based and cell-based screening platforms.


• Binding screen by ELISA (protein-based), up to 200 plates/fusion
• Binding screen by Mirrorball (cell-based), up to 100 plates/fusion Immunization
• Binding screen by FACS (cell-based), up to 20 plates/fusion 6-8
weeks
• Well established reporter gene assay for functional screening
• 4 high-throughput flow cytometry and 5 Biacore to support screen Fusion and screening
• Abundant well established functional assays 3-4
weeks
Experience Subcloning & confirmation
3-4
• ~150 successful therapeutic antibody discovery projects via hybridoma platform weeks
• More than 20 successful hybridoma projects through OMT transgenic animal platform Antibody production and
• Extensive & successful experience in Ab discovery targeting GPCR & other difficult targets
hybridoma sequencing
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Largest Biologics Development Organization Among CDMOs
Total of ~1975 people as of Q2, 2019

122 154 241 224 85 418 102 102 151 375

Cell line development (CHO K1/CHO DG44) Protein Reagent Production

Cell Culture Process Development Purification Development

Drug Production Development Analytical Development

CMC Project Management Biologics Conjugation Development

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Integrated CMC Development (1)

CHO K1 CLD Platform


 Cell Line Development (CLD)
 = “Perfect/Ideal”
 FDA/EMA-compliant proprietary system
 290+ Cell lines developed for CMC/MFG
 High titer, stable platform (average 3.6 g/L)
 Competitive timeline (12 weeks to PCB)
 EMA-Certified GMP Cell Banking (10 suites
available)
 Cell Line Characterization (in-house)

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Cell Culture Titers Profile

Clone Titer Distribution


30.3%
28.1%

19.1% Average Titer: 3.6 g/L


15.7%
Highest Titer: 9.2 g/L
5.6%

1.1%
Titer
(g/L)
<1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 >5

Titer obtained using commercial media with limited development to


expedite IND filing and could be improved further
Data includes: mAbs, bispecific antibodies, fusion and recombinant proteins

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Integrated CMC Development (2)

Extensive PD Capacity Available


 Cell Culture Process
Development
 Advanced fed-batch processes
 High-density concentrated fed-
batch
 Perfusion process via ATF

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Integrated CMC Development (3)

Advanced Purification Process Development


 Standard 3 column purification process
 Customized purifications for fusion and recombinant
proteins
 Early Stage (1 – 20 mg scale)
 Small Scale (20 – 1,000 mg scale)
 Process Integration (500 mg – 5 g scale)
 Scale-up and Pilot Production (20 – 500 g Scale)
Ability to develop continuous downstream technologies also available

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Integrated CMC Development (4)

Formulation, Fill & Finish


 Provide end-to-end formulation development and fill/finish
services
 Three GMP filling lines:
 Bosch filling linefully automated for 2, 6, 8, 10, 14, 20 and 50 mL vials
 Flexicon filling line: non-standard vial sizes
 ADC liquid filling line

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Integrated CMC Development (5)

 Analytical  Mass Spec  Functional


 Quantitation  Intact Mass  ELISA/SPR antigen binding assay
 Physiochemical  Reduced Mass  FACS/ECL cell binding assay
 Glyco-profiling HPLC/UPLC  Deglycosylated Mass  Anti-proliferation, Apoptosis
 Higher order structure  Peptide mapping  Cytokine release, Neutralization
 Aggregate/product  Post-translational  ADCC, CDC, Adhesion
variants modification  Antigen specific immune response
 Impurities/contaminants

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State-of-the-art Forensic Analysis

 Identify unknown visible particles in lot release & stability samples;


 Identify unknown contaminants (such as color particles) in raw materials;
 Identify unknown particles and residues on manufacturing equipment and facilities;
 Examine and evaluate defects, malfunctions or failures of drug devices and containers;
 Trouble-shoot process-related abnormal events such as precipitation, filter clogging,
and unexpected deposition and residues

Key Equipment/Tools
• Stereo Optical Microscope • Fine Particle Manipulation Micro-tools
• Infrared Microscope • Raman Microscope
•Extensive Infrared and Raman Spectral Databases & Powerful Search Software
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) / Energy-dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS)

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Pilot Plant
 Material generation, process scalability and robustness evaluation
 Over 370+ batches executed since 2012 (>98% success rate)
 15,000 sq. ft. Non-GMP clean room suites
 5 x 50 L + 7 x 200 L + 1 x 500 L disposable bioreactors
 3 x AKTA Process + 1 x AKTA Ready + 3 x AKTA Pilot + 2x Millipore Smart
 50 L + 200 L perfusion production

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Ultra-high Productivity
Continuous Processing
 Process technology platform using
continuous cell culture and
continuous direct product capture

 Ideal not only for labile or difficult to


express proteins – but also mAbs, Fc-
fusion proteins etc.

 Enabling higher productivity with Case Study: Achieved cell culture productivity of an
rapid development, scale-up and Fc-fusion protein @ 2.5g/L/day and 51g/L bioreactor
volume after proprietary 20-day continuous cell
implementation at large scales
culture process.
 Continuous approach effectively
More than 10 times productivity of 3-5g/L
reduces manufacturing cost of goods traditional fed-batch process!
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Expedites Product Launch & Reduces Mfg. Cost

Comparable to
Traditional bioreactors
Enable 2,000L disposable bioreactors to
achieve comparable productivity as
traditional 20,000L stainless
bioreactors, significantly reduce the
manufacturing cost

High Purification Yield


Achieve ultra-high productivity while
enabling similar purification yield of the
traditional purification process

Scale-up to GMP
The technology is being scaled up to
GMP production and will be deployed
throughout our global manufacturing
network

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Capacities & Benefits of
 Lab scale Comparison with traditional fed-batch
 48 x ATF2, w/ 1-15L bioreactor • Achieving roughly same production cell culture
 Dedicated DeltaV control system (Finesse) timelines with 5-10X yield with high cell
concentrations, high cell viability and better or
 Pilot (non-GMP) scale comparable product quality profiles
 2 x ATF4, w/15L and 50L bioreactors
 3 x ATF6 w/ 50-250L bioreactors • Tunable glycan and charge variance profiles,
usually with reduced HMW and LMW
 Clinical GMP Production
 2 x 250L w/ ATF6 (@Wuxi MFG1)
• Higher viable cell concentration and lower cell
 1 x 250L w/ ATF6 & 1 x 500L/1000L w/ ATF10
specific perfusion rate able to reduce media
(@Shanghai MFG3)
consumption & harvest volume
 Commercial GMP Production
 2x 1000L w/ ATF10 (Wuxi MFG2) • Higher production facility efficiencies leading
 3x 2000L w/ ATF10 (Wuxi MFG4)
to lower COGs
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World-Class Facility in Wuxi City (MFG 1)
cGMP Biologics Manufacturing

GMP plant in full operation since Q4 2012


Biologics DS/DP clinical manufacturing
ISPE 2014 “Facility of the Year” Special Award (1 x 500/1,000 L, 2 x 2,000 L)
Biologics/ADC DS/DP release testing and stability
Approved for Commercial Production
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World-Class Facility in Wuxi City (MFG 2)
World’s largest mammalian cell culture mfg. facility using disposable bioreactors
7 x 2,000 L
Fed-batch/Concentrated
Fed-batch Cell Culture

Facility A
Polishing
Capture
7 x 2,000 L Purification
Fed-batch/Concentrated
Fed-batch Cell Culture

Facility B
2 x 1,000 L (200-1,000 L wv)
Perfusion Polishing
Cell Culture and Capture Purification

Finished PPQ at 6000L scale and run multiple batches at 12000L scale
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New GMP Facility in Shanghai (MFG 3)

200,000 sq. ft. new


state-of-the-art center:
30,000 sq. ft. PD lab

GMP clinical DS facility


 4 fed-batch lines (2 x 2,000 L;
1 x 1,000 L; 1 x 200 L)
 2 perfusion lines (1 x 200/500 L;
1 x 1,000 L)
 Site increases 2X our clinical mfg.
capacity
 Enable 10 concurrent GMP
campaigns at WuXi Biologics
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Expansion in Wuxi City (MFG 4/5/9)

 Goal: To build one of the largest


biotech hubs globally
 4MM sq. ft. for Discovery,
 Development and Manufacturing
 Clinical and Commercial
Manufacturing
 Up to 200,000 L DS capacity
 PFS and vial DP

New GMP Facility Expansion


WuXi Biologics to Install Industry’s Largest Single-
Use Bioreactor from ABEC at its New Commercial
Manufacturing Facility (MFG 4)
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Robust Global DS (280,000 L) Supply Chain
Site # DS Capacity GMP Ready Location Comments
MFG1 5,000L fed-batch/perfusion 2012 Wuxi Commercial
MFG2 28,000 L fed-batch / 2,000 L perfusion 2017 Wuxi Commercial

MFG3 5,200 L fed-batch / 1,500 L perfusion 2018 Shanghai Clinical/Comm


MFG4 10,000 L fed-batch/CFB 2019 Wuxi Clinical/Comm
MFG5 60,000 L fed-batch 2020 Wuxi Commercial
MFG6 6,000 L (6 x 1,000 L) perfusion 2021 Ireland Commercial
MFG7 48,000 L fed-batch 2021 Ireland Commercial
MFG8 48,000 L fed-batch 2021 Shijiazhuang Commercial
MFG9 10,000 L fed-batch/CFB 2021 Wuxi Clinical/Comm
MFG10 4,000 L fed-batch / 500 L Perfusion 2021 Singapore Clinical/Comm
MFG11 4,000 L fed-batch / 500 L Perfusion 2022 Worcester, MA Clinical/Comm
MFG12 48,000 L (12 x 4,000 L) fed-batch 2022 Chengdu Clinical/Comm

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Rapid Expansion of DP Capacity

DP Capacity GMP Ready Location Comments


Liquid vial with
DP1 2013 Wuxi Commercial
lyophilization
Liquid vial with
DP2 2020 Wuxi Commercial
lyophilization
DP3 ADC conjugation and DP Q3 2019 Wuxi Clinical
DP4 Vial/PFS Q3 2019 Wuxi Clinical
DP5 Commercial PFS 2021 Wuxi Commercial

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DP1: Drug Product Manufacturing Facility

• Operational since 2013, 300+ batches completed to support global trials


• State-of-the-art facility based on US/EU/Chinese cGMP requirements
• Both liquid and lyophilization vials (2/6/8/10/14/20/50mL)
• Fully automated vial wash, depyrogenation, filling and capping line from
Bosch in oRABS
• Capacity at 12,000 2-mL vials per hour, or 100,000 per batch
• Piston pump and peristaltic pump filling system for choice
• 5m2 lyophilizer with fully automated loading and unloading

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DP1: Vial Size & Capacity

Vial Size, mL Liquid fill rate, vials/hr Liquid fill capacity, vials/batch Lyo capacity, vials/batch
2 12,000 84,000 22,400
6 8,500 59,500 11,000
8 8,500 59,500 11,000
10 8,500 59,500 11,000
14 7,800 54,600 10,070
20 5,300 37,100 6,195
50 1,300 9,100 3,300

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DP4: Facility for Vials and PFS Ready Q2 2019

Prep.

Vanrx SA25

Formulation
C Corridor

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DP4: Vanrx SA25 Aseptic Filling Workcell

Large pharma/biopharma also adopted


the Vanrx technology

• Vanrx SA25, isolator in Grade C, no glove needed


• Filling type: peristatic pump, single head (1 filling
needle)
• Filling volume range: 1 – 100 mL
• Container type: Vial and PFS
• Weight check: 100%
• Max speed: 25 units/min

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ADC and Bio-conjugates

mAb Linker Payload ADC


Lab-scale     TDC NNAA Bispecific-ADC
Non-GMP pilot scale    
cGMP manufacturing
> 2kg > 5kg > 5kg Up to 1kg*
scale per batch
Enzyme-
Lys based Cys based
 Multiple conjugation strategy assisted
 Diversified protein/antibody/polymer conjugation
Micelle
 Library of drugs and linkers
 Analytical capabilities KIH
 Formulation development / stability studies
 Bioactivity and DMPK analysis
PEGylation
New DP3 GMP facility ready and expanding to O
O
O
commercial GMP of bioconjugate DS and DP by 2022 n

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DP3: GMP ADC Manufacturing Facility

 Dedicated and segregated area (66,000 sq ft) for high


potency conjugation, formulation and fill/finish including
lyophilized ADC, cytotoxin and small molecule Injectables
 OEB5 Isolator for payload-linker dispensing and
dissolution preparation
 Single-used bioreactor and filling line to avoid cross-
contamination
 ADC conjugation batch scale up to 2 kgs
 Fully automated vial washing, depyrogenation, filling, and
vial loading-unloading
 Nitrogen blanketed filling and light protected production

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DP3: Dedicated GMP Filling (Liquid & Lyo) for ADCs

• High-potent DP filling and lyophilization in isolator-based system


• Up to 100,000 2-mL vials/batch (liquid) and 6,000 20-mL vials/batch (lyo)
• 50 batches/year – 300 K vials/year

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U.S. FDA & EMA -Approved Quality System

 Strong quality leadership team:


 CQO + 2 VP + 9 Sr. directors + 3 Former FDA consultants
 Recent FDA PLI: one of the most extensive PLIs
 5 FDA Investigators for 13 days
 1463 documents reviewed
 1028 questions answered
 133 SMEs interviewed
 481 data integrity-checks
 39 site tours

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Our Capabilities Summary

The world’s ONLY single-source platform from concept to commercialization

Integrated discovery services utilizing hybridoma, phage


display and transgenic mice.

Pre-clinical assessment of lead mAb candidate and


developability study for early stage de-risking.

Integrated cell line and process development supported


by state-of-the-art analytical and bio-assay services.

World’s largest mammalian cell culture manufacturing The World’s ONLY single source
facility using disposable bioreactors, reflects WuXi’s
platform from concept to
vision of market trend.
commercialization and expanding
global supply chain (4 countries)

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Why WuXi Biologics?
U.S. FDA & EMA Approved Quality System for Commercial Manufacturing
Cutting • WuXiBodyTM bispecific (universal, 6-18 months of time-saving, no CMC issue)
Edge • WuXia cell line (robust cell line with proven track record)
• WuXiUP continuous manufacturing platform (30-50g/L titer, 10+x)
Technology
IND Filing Timeline
Best • Industry average: 18-24 months
Timeline • WuXi average: 15 months
• WuXi record: From 9 months to 7 months

Excellent • 100% projects delivered


Track • No customer transfer out
• Excellent customer satisfaction and high recognition
Record

• 60 INDs and 5 BLAs per year


Unparalleled • Largest scientist team in the world: 1,975
Capacity • Largest capacity using single-use bioreactor: 280,000 L by 2022

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