China's WuXi Biologics said on Monday it will sell its vaccine facility in Ireland to U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co for about $500 million, ahead of potential U.S. legislation that would restrict business for Chinese biotech companies.

In Ireland, WuXi Biologics has sold a new vaccines plant to Merck & Co. for €500 million ($521 million). The New Jersey company was a natural buyer of the facility as it was the lone client WuXi Biologics served at the site in Dundalk, executing a 20-year contract to produce vaccines worth $150 million annually.

WuXi Biologics sells its vaccine production facility in Ireland to Merck & Co for $500m in the wake of changing regulation in the US.

China's WuXi Biologics said on Monday it will sell its vaccine facility in Ireland to U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co for about $500 million. The Financial Times had reported in October that WuXi and WuXi AppTec are planning to sell some of their operations,

China's WuXi Biologics has confirmed it will sell its vaccine facility in Ireland to US drugmaker Merck & Co for about €500 million. The WuXi Biologics facility is located in Dundalk, Co Louth, in the IDA Science and Technology Park.

WuXi Biologics (OTCPK:WXIBF) is reportedly selling its vaccine facility in Ireland to Merck (NYSE:MRK) as part of a previously announced plan to divest some of its assets. The China-based contract research,