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Thermo Fisher Consolidates in West Hills

Thermo Fisher Scientific has officially launched its transplant diagnostics division in West Hills with a grand opening on Aug. 7. The 140,000-square-foot campus, comprised of a warehouse and laboratory building, is located at 22801 Roscoe Blvd. The facility houses 372 employees, led by Nicole Brockway, president, and Ricardo Ordonez, marketing leader. The West Hills site replaces three separate sites in the Valley area, two in Canoga Park and one in Woodland Hills, that were devoted primarily to R&D and operations. Employees at the new site will handle developing, manufacturing and storing reagents, instruments and software for transplant diagnostics. Antibody detection, molecular typing and serology products will also be developed at the site. “This move brings three of our transplant businesses together under one roof. It’s been in the works for a while,” Marc Casper, chief executive for Thermo Fisher Scientific, said in a statement. “It demonstrates our commitment to the strong working partnership we have here in L.A. and in the state of California.” Added Patrick Durbin, president of specialty diagnostics: “The mission at Thermo Fisher Scientific is something that you live every single day. It’s something that makes it really special to work for our company. What you do matters. You make our mission come to life.” At the grand opening event, transplant donors and recipients like Shawn Hoven spoke about how technology at Thermo helped his son, Kadin, survive three kidney transplants. Hoven described the family’s journey, starting back in 2006 with Kadin’s first transplant at 9 months old up through his third kidney transplant in 2017, with a match from his mother’s best friend, Dawn Haigh. The Hoven family was introduced to the Thermo Fisher team, through a neighbor that happened to work there. “The team genuinely wanted to hear his story. They even gave us a tour of the whole facility. For years, being in hospitals, there would be a vial of blood drawn and it would be taken away, and a day or two later it was all done,” explained Hoven. “We didn’t really understand what really happened behind the curtain. With Thermo’s tour we have a better understanding of the full site map of the transplantation and of the testing of all these little details.” Congressman Brad Sherman spoke at the grand opening event; representatives from the offices of Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl were in attendance.

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