- CEO
- Wolfgang Wienand
- Full Time Employees
- 16,866
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Address
- Muenchensteinerstrasse 38 Basel BS Switzerland 4002
- IPO Date
- Apr 3, 2002
- Business
- Lonza Group AG is a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) in the biopharmaceutical industry, providing end-to-end solutions for biologics, small molecules, cell and gene therapies, and microbial products. The company offers services including cell line development, process development, analytical services, clinical and commercial manufacturing, and formulation technologies such as encapsulated cell therapies and lipid nanoparticles; its key product categories encompass monoclonal antibodies, bispecifics, mRNA vaccines, viral vectors, and biosimilars, supported by proprietary platforms like Cocoon for personalized medicines and Lysogenix for biocatalysis. Lonza operates globally across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America, serving pharmaceutical, biotech, and academic customers with facilities in Switzerland, the United States, Singapore, and China. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland (ticker: LONN.SW), Lonza focuses on accelerating drug development and commercialization through its expertise in bioconjugates, antibody-drug conjugates, and advanced therapy medicinal products. In the past two years, Lonza has expanded through strategic moves including the 2024 acquisition of In Vitro Technologies to bolster Australian operations, a multi-year partnership with NVIDIA in 2025 to integrate AI into bioprocessing for faster drug discovery, the launch of a new bioconjugates facility in Boston in 2024, and a CHF 1 billion investment announced in 2025 for cell and gene therapy capacity in the US and Europe to meet surging demand in personalized medicines.