SAN DIEGO – March 15, 2016 — Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. (“Althea”), a leading provider of biologics contract development and manufacturing services, announced today it is expanding the capacity of its Fill and Finish operations through the addition of a second manufacturing shift. Althea’s contract manufacturing business has experienced exceptionally strong growth driven by biotech companies outsourcing to Althea sterile fill and finish parenteral manufacturing to support their clinical and commercial drug programs. In 2015, Althea’s business grew by 30% and it expects to continue on this steep growth trajectory in upcoming years. Althea’s second shift will come on-line in early June, increasing the number of manufacturing slots for commercial and clinical drug programs, thereby significantly reducing lead times from project kickoff to fill date.