Recipharm partners with Sato to manufacture product for Japanese market

CDMO will manufacture and deliver Emla Patch - a local anaesthetic product.

Sato, based in Tokyo and founded in 1915, is providing effective, safe and high quality products. Emla Patch is used as a local anaesthetic product and will be launched under the business area of ethical pharmaceuticals at Sato.

Recipharm’s facility in Karlskoga, Sweden will produce and deliver to Sato. After a successful launch in Japan, it is expected that the annual volumes of Emla Patch to Sato will be a significant addition to the present production at the Karlskoga facility.

Ingela Palmkvist, General Manager at Recipharm in Karlskoga says: “We first established a business relationship with Sato in 2012 and this new supply agreement extends our partnership further. We are looking forward to the launch in Japan and co-operating with Sato in developing the business, to the benefit of both companies.”