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Hovione adds to its DPI capsule filling capabilities

Hovione has announced that the addition of a MG2 FlexaLAB capsule filling machine will allow the company to expand its inhalation drug product development services. The FlexaLAB can fill up to 3,000 capsules per hour with 100% net weight unit verification and, according to the company, “is the last step in Hovione’s plan to offer development services in all quadrants of inhalation projects: from API to formulation to powder inhalers to final unit dose.”

Hovione VP Peter Villax commented, “We give our customers an edge in inhalation capsule filling for drug delivery to the lung, by providing access to a machine capable of very high precision filling of low doses, down to 5 mg. We are perhaps the only independent company with expertise in every aspect of the inhaled drug development process and this acquisition strengthens our commitment to inhalation drug development.”

Business Development Manager Gonçalo Andrade added, “Hovione has a proven track record in the field of inhalation product development. With our core API process development, particle engineering and manufacturing expertise, Hovione produces pulmonary delivery-friendly particles which can then be used to fill inhalation capsules. The acquisition of the MG2 FlexaLAB unit allows Hovione to support capsule filling activities in all stages of clinical development and even low volume commercial manufacturing of inhalation drug products. Customers can now partner with Hovione for a full service inhalation drug development manufacturing, all under one roof.”

Read the Hovione press release.

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published on December 5, 2013

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