Colorcon opens in Australia to meet growing demand from local pharma industry

Customers in the region will have the opportunity to conduct laboratory-scale compression and coating trials, using automated coating equipment.

The facility, which is in the award-winning Caribbean Business Park, provides customers in Australasia access to pharmaceutical class development services such as tablet formulation and coating as the region seeks to shorten supply chains and increase the capacity of its pharmaceutical sector.

Even before COVID-19, the pharmaceutical and wellness markets in Australasia were expanding led by a steady increase in the older population and strong demand for the nutritional domestic and export markets.

The new technical service center will provide both large and small customers the opportunity to work directly with Colorcon and "for the first time in Australia" conduct laboratory-scale compression and coating trials, using automated coating equipment, thereby saving development time and cost.

Glenn Russell, Technical Director, said: the facility will also "provide the opportunity to extend the educational events offered through the Colorcon Academy to our customers, with resources to conduct training programs to expand their knowledge in formulation and coating; benefiting both companies and individuals".

This new facility brings the total number of Technical Service Laboratories around the world to 22 and is the seventh within Southeast Asia.