Four US contract pharma packagers merge

Four US packaging firms have merged to form Aphena Pharma Solutions in a bid to create a single-source offering.

The new entity combines liquid and topical products specialist Celeste Contract Packaging and solid dosage focused PrePack Systems, TestPack and Integrated Pharmaceutical Packaging.

Renard Jackson, CEO of Aphena Pharma Solutions said: "Through each company's individual efforts, we’ve offered our clients the best services and products. Now we are poised to offer more products and even better service with an extreme level of single-source efficiency."

Aphena, which is headquartered at PrePack’s former base in Cookeville, Tenessee, has a chain of five facilities in Franklin and Glasgow in Kentucky, Whippany, New Jersey and Easton, Maryland.