Tampa biotech invests $9M to expand

TAMPA — Xcelience, an international contract development and manufacturing organization, is expanding operations in Tampa, which it says will create 100 new jobs and retain another 100.

The company, which services the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, is investing $9 million in the expansion, increasing the capacity of its current manufacturing facility at 5415 W. Laurel St., by 6,000 square feet. Xcelience also will expand its pharmaceutical development labs in a new 71,000-square-foot headquarters location at 4910 Savarese Circle.

The new jobs will be added to the company's pharmaceutical development, manufacturing, quality assurance and packaging.