Piramal Pharma Solutions, a global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and NewAmsterdam Pharma Company has announced the opening of a dedicated oral solid dosage (OSD) form suite at Piramal's facility in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, USA.

As one of Piramal Pharma Solutions' focused drug product facilities, the Sellersville site provides comprehensive development and manufacturing services for various formulations, including several forms of OSDs. This addition will increase operational efficiency, helping NewAmsterdam Pharma to deliver its investigational drug therapy, if approved, to patients in need, the companies said in a joint statement.

The suite represents a multi-million-dollar investment in equipment upgrades and enhancements to improve the site's capabilities. This includes a reconfiguration of existing space to create a dedicated OSD suite that will be used exclusively for fixed dose combination products. The new suite is designed for turnkey, multi-layer tablet production, equipped with advanced capabilities and technology to support granulation, compression, tableting, and coating.

This suite will facilitate the production of NewAmsterdam Pharma's investigational FDC, a non-statin cholesterol medication to reduce LDL-C.

Although the suite is essential to the FDC's production, the partnership between Piramal Pharma Solutions and NewAmsterdam Pharma extends beyond the Sellersville site. Piramal's Ahmedabad PPDS, India site played a crucial role in the product's development, while its Pithampur, India site provides dual sourcing support.

Peter DeYoung, CEO, Piramal Global Pharma said, “We are thrilled to expand our OSD production capabilities at the Sellersville facility with this new manufacturing suite. This addition will not only enhance our production capacity and speed, but reinforce our commitment to patient centricity, too.”

Douglas Kling, COO, NewAmsterdam Pharma remarked, “By investing in Piramal Pharma Solutions' Sellersville facility, we are enabling the manufacture of FDC with exceptional precision and efficiency to meet the future commercial demand. We are excited to continue growing alongside our trusted partner, Piramal Pharma Solutions, and thrilled about the potential for our collaboration to benefit countless patients around the globe.”

By adding the new production suite, both companies can operate with greater efficiency and capacity, ultimately bringing the FDC product, if approved, to more patients in need, it said.