Contract Packaging

Almac Expansion Will Add More than 200 Jobs in Northern Ireland

Almac is expanding its commercial manufacturing, thanks to a total investment of £13.7million, which includes some financial support from Invest Northern Ireland. Expansions at its Craigavon, Northern Ireland, site include a new non-GMP drug development facility as well as the creation of a new 13,400-sq-ft formulation development facility and analytical laboratories. Over the next three years, up to 229 jobs will be created, Almac reported in a press release. 

PCI Begins Integration of AndersonBrecon

With the purchase of the AndersonBrecon Group, Packaging Coordinators, Inc. (PCI) adds clinical packaging and cytotoxic high-potency packaging to its commercial contract packaging assets.

SteriPack USA Recognized by Florida Governor Rick Scott

SteriPack USA, which opened its first U.S. medical packaging converting facility in Lakeland, FL, last year, has received the “Governor’s Business Ambassador Award” from Florida Governor Rick Scott.

SteriPack USA was recognized for "exceeding commitments in job creation," the company reported in a press release, and it "will seek further employment in the near future."

Packaging Coordinators and Frazier Healthcare Complete AndersonBrecon Buy

Frazier Healthcare and Packaging Coordinators, Inc. today announced that they have completed the acquisition of pharmaceutical packager AndersonBrecon from its parent company AmerisourceBergen Corporation . AndersonBrecon will now merge with and operate as Packaging Coordinators, Inc. (PCI).

AndersonBrecon and Packaging Coordinators Inc. to Combine Under Frazier Healthcare's Ownership

Frazier Healthcare reports that it has agreed to acquire AndersonBrecon, the contract pharmaceutical packaging business and wholly owned subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen Corp. Frazier Healthcare provides growth equity and venture capital to high-growth healthcare service and biopharma companies, and it will combine Packaging Coordinators Inc. (PCI) with AndersonBrecon to offer global packaging support.

PMP News celebrates 20th Anniversary

Celebrating 20 years in healthcare product packaging—
A Look Back In Time… With Eyes on the Future
(1993–2013)


Looking Back over 20 Years of Sterile Medical Packaging

Thanks to ISO 11607 and other milestones, medical device packaging has gained definite stature over the last two decades.

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20 Years of Contract Packaging

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Almac Launches US Commercial Packaging Operations

Almac announced the successful inspection by FDA of its new US Commercial Packaging operations located in Audubon, PA. The inspection took place on January 9, 10. FDA concluded that the Pennsylvania-based site is fully compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices, with no 483 issued, the company said in a press release.

Aphena Pharma Solutions Acquires 14 OTC Private-Label Products

Aphena Pharma Solutions Inc., a contract packager, repackager, and manufacturer for the pharmaceutical, OTC, dietary supplements, animal health, health and beauty, consumer health, and medical device markets, has acquired 14 OTC products from G&W Laboratories.

The company reports in a press release that the acquisition is part of its strategy "to expand its existing and future customers' access to the growing private-label marketplace by purchasing both small- and large-scale private-label offerings."

Quality Tech Services's Expanded Facility Now Operational

Quality Tech Services Inc. (QTS) has finished expanding its Bloomington, MN, facility on January 14. The company offers medical device assembly, packaging, and sterilization services, and it began the expansion in July 2012 to grow along with existing customers and take on new opportunities, it reported in a press release.

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