Catalent Acquires Pharmapak, Australia

Catalent Pharma Solutions has acquired Pharmapak Technologies a leading pharmaceutical packaging business based in New South Wales, Australia. Enhancing Catalent’s ability to offer integrated solutions to customers, this acquisition provides regional packaging capabilities and complements Catalent’s existing facility in Braeside, Victoria from which Catalent produces oral dose products including softgels, Vegicaps capsules, and OptiShell capsules, for supply throughout Asia Pacific. Financial details were not disclosed.

“This acquisition complements our industry-leading oral dosage form development and manufacturing capabilities with a broader range of packaging options, from bulk supply to finished packs,” said Mark Bisset, President of Catalent Asia Pacific. “Catalent has made substantial recent investments in Asia Pacific with a new facility in China, and last year we celebrated our 40th year in Japan with a new laboratory and the build-out of more manufacturing capacity. This latest investment is in response to strong, local market demand for both pharmaceutical, over-the-counter and Complementary Medicine products.”

The company will continue to operate as Pharmapak Technologies and retain its approximately 100 employees including its leadership team at its existing facility in Dee Why, New South Wales. Pharmapak’s capabilities include primary and secondary packaging of oral pharmaceutical dose forms including blisters, bottles and a wide range of tertiary packaging services.