Dr Reddys commissions mPEG alcohol manufacturing facility

Published: 17-Mar-2010

Dedicated facility will operate to c-GMP standards

The Custom Pharmaceutical Services (CPS) business of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has successfully commissioned a commercial scale manufacturing facility for pharma grade mPEG alcohols at its Cuernavaca facility in Mexico. It represents a significant investment in a dedicated facility operated to c-GMP standards.

The new facility is capable of producing a wide range of molecular weight mPEGs and has a multitonne annual capacity. The mPEG alcohol manufactured in Mexico will be supplied to Dr. Reddy’s c-GMP facility in Mirfield, UK, where commercial scale activation is carried out.

mPEG alcohols are the key raw materials for Activated mPEG, extensively used for pegylation with biologic drugs and increasingly for peptides and small molecule pharmaceuticals. Dr. Reddy’s has officially branded its extensive range of Activated mPEGs under the name PEGtech.

PEGtech branding has been used to bring together a broad product range comprising a variety of activating groups and molecular weights (5-60 kDa), which are now fully supported by backward integration to the key starting materials. It furthermore highlights the company’s extensive experience in product development and GMP manufacture of the Activated mPEGs.

‘Our investment in the world class mPEG alcohol facility in Mexico underlines our commitment to the growing market for Activated mPEGs,’ said Satish Reddy, managing director and coo, Dr. Reddy’s, ‘By introducing the PEGtech brand, our customers can be assured of the same high quality standards and customer service as they develop their PEGylated biologic drugs or small molecules from the laboratory right through to commercial applications.’

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