Metrics Contract Services has commenced construction on the expansion of its novel oral solid dosage manufacturing facility in Greenville, North Carolina.
The $10m investment will add 3,760 square feet of production space to the current facility, providing added flexibility and capacity to the CDMO and its clients.
The expansion consists of three new rooms; one dispensing/flex room, one tablet press room and one flex room to accommodate the company’s growing portfolio of commercial services following sustained increase in demand from clients for high potent handling capabilities.
New equipment includes a Fette FE55 tablet press, a Bosch 720 encapsulator, which both offer containment capabilities for the safe handling of potent products, and a weigh and dispense isolator.
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“The new equipment we’ve purchased is ideal for the small batch size and high changeover products which our clients require,” said John Ross, President at Mayne Pharma U.S and Metrics Contract Services. “Our clients will see immediate benefits through higher yields and improved potent handling. We recognized that customer’s commercial requirements often demanded increased flexibility within production suites. This expansion will cater for those needs because it creates more spaces where equipment trains can be tailored to the applicable process.”
The expansion project which has been in development over the last six months is expected to be complete and fully operational by February 2021.