ESTEVE has announced that the company has acquired Regis Technologies, a US-based Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO), headquartered in Chicago.

This strategic move allows ESTEVE CDMO (actively operating under the Esteve Química brand) a physical presence in the United States, expanding its contract development and manufacturing solutions for innovative small-molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) across the entire drug development lifecycle from pre-clinical to commercial manufacturing, the company said in a statement.

For over 65 years, Regis Technologies has been a US-based API CDMO, offering a broad spectrum of services, including process research and development, analytical and stability, cGMP API manufacturing, CMC support, and a variety of chromatography products.

“We are proud to announce that we are increasing our team, and our CDMO solutions for pharmaceutical innovators: this acquisition is adding capabilities, as well as development and manufacturing capacity, while increasing the team of ESTEVE's CDMO business with around 70 skilled people,” confirmed Joan Petit, Chief Industrial Operations Officer of ESTEVE and General Manager of Esteve CDMO (Esteve Química).

ESTEVE CDMO (Esteve Química) is a global pure-play third-party CDMO, specialising in high-quality small-molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients and pharmaceutical intermediates, providing technologies such as Spray Drying and high-potency APIs (HPAPIs) manufacturing.

“United States is a strategic market for ESTEVE. This acquisition is a step forward towards our purpose of improving people's lives by increasing our CDMO capabilities and capacity in this market and expanding our integrated services offering,” added Staffan Schüberg, CEO of ESTEVE.

“We are happy to join a company that shares our same values, a company that is also family-owned, with more than 90 years of experience, that is committed to people and focused on delivering long-term value to customers,” remarked Scott Aladeen, President and CEO of Regis Technologies.

Two different business drive ESTEVE's purpose: the development and manufacturing of active ingredients for third parties (CDMO) business with production plants in Spain, Mexico, China, and now the United States; and the pharmaceutical business, offering highly specialised medicines through affiliates in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom, as well as presence in the USA.