PPD Opens Research Facility in Ireland

PPD has officially opened its contract research facility in Athlone, Ireland, which includes an 18,000 sq foot analytical testing laboratory and clinical supplies business. The facility expands the company's global scientific expertise, laboratory capacity and supplies network to meet growing client demand in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

The company will offer fully integrated product and analytical development services, including method development; validation; stability, release and quality control testing; and global clinical supplies services, including secondary packing, labeling and storage.

The facility will also provide regulatory services, product licensing and marketed product support, including Qualified Person (QP) services for all drug dosage forms, with particular emphasis on inhalation and biopharmaceutical products.

The current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) analytical testing laboratory conducts testing for clinical programs and marketed products spanning various phases of drug development.