Manufacturing Round-Up: Sterling Completes Expansion As Xellia Teams With Civica Rx

Sterling Pharma Solutions completes an expansion of its UK pilot plant facility, Aphena invests, Dr Reddy’s and Asymchem get nods from the FDA, Ampersand Capital Partners acquires Germany’s Vibalogics, and Xellia strikes a deal with Civica Rx.

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Sterling Pharma Solutions has announced that the expansion of its pilot plant facility in the UK is now operational, following a £6m ($8m) investment last year. The new facility – which includes three new reactor trains at scales of 225l, 500l and 1,360l – “increases the existing pilot plant’s capacity by 33%, enhancing the contract development and manufacturing organization’s (CDMO’s) scale-up capabilities and adding greater flexibility to cater for small to mid-scale clinical supply and commercial batch production,” Sterling commented.

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