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PCI Pharma Services to Invest $50 Million for New 200,000-Square-Foot Facility in Rockford, Illinois

PCI Pharma Services to Invest $50 Million for New 200,000-Square-Foot Facility in Rockford, Illinois

Specifications:

Name:

PCI Pharma Services to Invest $50 Million for New 200,000-Square-Foot Facility in Rockford, Illinois

Location:

Rockford, Illinois

Company:

PCI Pharma Services

Estimated Cost:

$50 Million

Source:

https://pci.com/

Introduction:

PCI Pharma Services is pleased to announce plans for a new 200,000-square-foot facility in Rockford, Illinois, to enhance the organization’s capacity in injectable drug-device combination product assembly of biologics and small molecules.

Features:

Building on PCI’s leadership in this space with its Philadelphia Biotech Center of Excellence, the new facility is the second expansion building off the success in Philadelphia and will house over 20 dedicated customer suites with multiformat machines for the assembly and packaging of vials, pre-filled syringes, auto-injectors, and pen-cartridge combinations. This machinery can be used for the glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists (GLP-1) class of drugs prescribed to treat diabetes and obesity, as well as those needed for oncology treatment and autoimmune diseases.

PCI’s Rockford location will have extensive product testing capability, state-of-the art top-load cartoning technology, and industry-leading injector and pen assembly equipment. Additional capabilities include on-site cold storage, high-speed vial labeling, assembly, and packaging of multiformat autoinjectors, serialization, testing, and drug product release.

The $50 million investment in Rockford will amplify PCI’s specialty drug leadership presence in the Midwest, adding to clinical and commercial sterile fill-finish capabilities in Madison, Wisconsin. The new facility will provide a second hub within the U.S., expanding from PCI’s foundation in the Northeast, with Bedford, New Hampshire’s campus growth in aseptic processing. PCI also has sterile fill-finish capabilities at its Leon, Spain; San Diego, California; and Melbourne, Australia locations. The expansion in Rockford is expected to bring 250 jobs to the region in the next two years, with continued growth over three to five years. The site is expected to be fully operational in summer 2024.