Lyophilization Services of New England (LSNE) has acquired PSC Biotech’s cGMP aseptic fill finish manufacturing facility located in Madison, Wisconsin. This acquisition allows LSNE to expand its manufacturing capabilities, add new service offerings and accommodate its customers’ project timing requirements. The new facility will be called LSNE-Madison. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
LSNE-Madison is a 37,000 square foot multi-product facility that will be used for the manufacturing of final drug products for pre-clinical to Phase III/commercial use. The facility currently includes a high speed, automated aseptic fill line and a 144-square foot lyophilizer with existing space for additional equipment and the ability to expand to over 100,000 square feet of production space over time.
The facility will complement LSNE’s existing full-service parenteral manufacturing capabilities, which include vial filling, lyophilization, process development, QC analytical, secondary packaging, stability studies and regulatory support for clinical and commercial products at its three other FDA-inspected manufacturing sites. This new facility will also increase LSNE’s capabilities to include the terminal sterilization of final product and additional quality control services.
“This acquisition is a key part of our strategic growth plan to increase our operations and capacity and better serve our customers,” said Matthew Halvorsen, Chief Executive Officer at LSNE. “We have experienced strong growth and increased demand over the last few years, and as the market continues to expand, we know it is imperative to be able to offer increased scheduling flexibility to existing and new clients. With the support of the Permira Funds, we are increasing our capacity to provide our clients with additional manufacturing redundancy backed by the outstanding level of service that LSNE is known for.”
LSNE anticipates full manufacturing activities to commence later this year, following a short period of renovation and validation of the facility.