West is pleased to announce that it has commenced discussions with Swissfillon AG, a provider of aseptic fill and finish services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
That are intended to lead to a non-exclusive global collaboration to provide fill-finish capabilities to customers using West’s proprietary SmartDose drug delivery platform for complex molecules.
West made the announcement at PharmaPack 2019, the annual conference for pharmaceutical packaging and drug delivery, held February 6-7 in Paris.
Through the collaboration, it is anticipated that West will be able to deliver an integrated solution with filled Daikyo Crystal Zenith® cartridges for the SmartDose wearable injector, which is expected to accelerate clinical development and enable customers to bring their innovative injectable drugs to market quickly. This new collaboration is expected to offer customers a robust clinical fill-finish capability later this year.
“We are very pleased to partner with Swissfillon and expand our ability to offer a fully innovative drug delivery solution supporting our customers’ journey from molecule to market. It combines Swissfillon’s fill-finish expertise with West’s proprietary drug delivery technology to deliver a streamlined solution that meets the unique needs of pharmaceutical manufacturers around the world,” said Karen Flynn, SVP & Chief Commercial Officer, West.
“We are excited to work with West to bring our fill-finish capabilities to West’s SmartDose platform offering,” said Daniel Kehl, Chief Executive Officer, Swissfillon AG. “We look forward to partnering together to support pharmaceutical and biotech customers to deliver innovative combination drug products to patients.”
West’s SmartDose drug delivery platform enables patients to self-administer medication in accordance with their prescribed treatment. West developed the SmartDose platform with extensive human factors testing and analysis to understand the interaction between the patient and the delivery system. An integrated solution for the containment and delivery of injectable medications, the SmartDose platform feature a silicone-free Daikyo Crystal Zenith cartridge and a Flurotec® barrier film coated piston primary containment system.
Clinical fill-finish services are part of West’s new Integrated Solutions Program. The Program offers customers the opportunity to Simplify the Journey™ from molecule to market with containment and delivery solutions for combination products; analytical testing services; regulatory support; and device manufacturing, assembly and drug handling designed for any stage of the drug development lifecycle.
FluroTec®and Simplify the Journey™ are trademarks and registered trademarks of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., in the United States and other jurisdictions. FluroTec® technology is licensed from Daikyo Seiko, Ltd.
SmartDose® is a registered trademark of West Pharma. Services IL, Ltd., a subsidiary of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. Crystal Zenith® is a registered trademark of Daikyo Seiko, Ltd. Daikyo Crystal Zenith® and Flurotec technology are licensed from Daikyo Seiko, Ltd.
