PCI Pharma Services,a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) focused on biopharma’s most complex therapies, is investing more than $365 million in infrastructure supporting the clinical and commercial-scale final assembly and packaging of drug-device combination products utilizing advanced drug delivery systems, with an emphasis on injectable formats. Comprising new and expanded facilities in both Europe and North America, the effort is part of PCI’s global investment plan, is anchored and funded by recent new business, and is designed to augment and accommodate future growth.
For PCI, the investments build upon 20-plus years of biologics expertise, a leadership position highlighted by the company’s world-class Biotech Center of Excellence in Philadelphia. That location employs precision handling equipment for prefilled syringes, syringe assembly and labeling, vial labeling and cartoning, and autoinjector assembly. Recently, PCI heavily invested in complex, automated advanced drug delivery technologies to enhance capabilities and capacities at this facility, ensuring it remains at the forefront of innovation.
Combined, the new projects further bolster PCI’s ability to manage the full lifespan of such products, from sterile drug product development and manufacturing through clinical trial supply, product launch and commercialization.
New US Center of Excellence
In the United States, PCI has plans for an ambitious 545,000-square-foot expansion at its campus in Rockford, Illinois, dedicated to advanced drug delivery and drug-device combination assembly and packaging.
Highlighting the phased plan is a comprehensive 475,000-square-foot project comprising 345,000 square feet for advanced drug delivery injectable packaging and 130,000 square feet of additional warehousing for products in all development phases. The space houses over 20 customer suites, with scalable technology for the clinical and commercial-scale final assembly and packaging of vials, prefilled syringes, autoinjectors, and pen-cartridge combinations, complete with sophisticated top-open cartoning technology and extensive final assembly and functional product testing to ISO standards.
PCI also is announcing plans for a further 70,000-square-foot expansion dedicated to advanced drug delivery and patient-centric drug-device combination assembly and packaging. A response to customer needs, the facility will support a range of low- to high-speed packaging technologies for a variety of advanced drug delivery categories, including but not limited to vials, prefilled syringes, autoinjectors and on-body injectors. The plant is intended to be brought online in two phases, with operations expected to commence in Q3 2025.
All totaled, PCI’s goal is to be among the first CDMOs to bring whole-lifespan development of these advanced drug delivery and drug-device combination products under one roof. The company aims to marry efficiencies and streamline the journey from clinical stages through launch and commercialization, supported by cold chain storage solutions providing end-to-end service.
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