The expansion includes a 75% increase in capacity for aliquoting, storage, and worldwide distribution of reference standard materials as PPD looks to meet customer demand, according to the company.
"PPD® Laboratories is seeing growth across all service areas, but particularly those supporting the biopharmaceutical sector," Darren Jantzi, Executive Director, GMP Lab, PPD® Laboratories, told Outsourcing-Pharma.com.
"Companies are continuing to look for ways to manage their fixed costs by utilizing our services that offer flexibility in response to their changing needs for sample storage and distribution," he added.
Notably, the expansion gives the facility the capacity to be equipped with more than 120 new stability chambers – with the ability to expand to 150,000 cubic feet of chamber space and nearly doubling its storage capacity.
According to PPD, the operation enables the lab to offer “a significant expansion” of the more than 40 different temperature and humidity set points for routine International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) stability storage conditions.
The expansion will also increase capacity for customized temperature and humidity, photostability, and shipping (freeze/thaw) studies, in addition to creating additional analytical lab space.
"We anticipate the facility will provide ample capacity for our clients into the next decade," said Jantzi. "We designed the space with flexibility in mind to enable us to make adjustments to the changing demands of the marketplace."