Almac integrates drug development services into new US headquarters

26 Oct 2010

Northern Island-based Almac has moved its Clinical Technologies division into the Almac Group’s new North American Headquarters.

The firm has now completed the first phase of relocating employees from three business units to the new 240,000 square feet state-of-the-art integrated drug development facility.

On 11 October, Almac’s technology business unit joined employees from its analytical testing and clinical supplies units. Over the course of the next two months, Almac will move the remainder of its clinical supplies operations currently located in Audubon, PA, into the integrated drug development facility in Souderton, PA.

Jim Murphy, President of Almac’s clinical technologies business unit, said, “Our IT, Quality Assurance, senior management team, and other key personnel worked in unison to ensure that all of our systems were tested and met the highest standards before we moved into the new facility. The transition team’s meticulous planning enabled us to avoid any downtime on client studies outside of our normal maintenance windows. I am delighted to announce that everything went as planned with this perfectly executed transition.”

The move of three Almac business units to a new North American Headquarters is part of the Almac Group’s integrated services solutions strategy. The new facility was planned to deliver a full-service, integrated drug supply management and technology solution to biopharmaceutical clients.

Dr Joseph Bedford, Director of Marketing at Almac’s Clinical Technologies business unit commented: “The biopharmaceutical industry is making great strides to streamline drug development and bring efficiencies to clinical trials. Our new North American Headquarters allows Almac to deliver an integrated clinical supplies, analytical testing, and clinical technologies offering to sponsors that is unparalleled in our industry.

"Working with integrated teams of drug supply management and technology specialists at Almac, our clients will benefit from the combined insights of experienced professionals who deliver efficiencies in the clinical supplies chain that no other firm can match.”

 

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