Octoplus starts construction of expanded facilities

Published: 13-Nov-2006

Dutch drug delivery and development company OctoPlus has begun construction work to expand its facilities to support clinical development for its own products and to facilitate the growing demand for its services.


Dutch drug delivery and development company OctoPlus has begun construction work to expand its facilities to support clinical development for its own products and to facilitate the growing demand for its services.

OctoPlus's existing facilities consist of offices, laboratories and a GMP manufacturing plant that produces clinical-scale batches for the development of the company's own products and for its formulation development customers. The new facilities will bring the current 2800m2 building to a combined total of 6300m2. The building will be located adjacent to OctoPlus's headquarters in the Bio Science Park in Leiden.

OctoPlus will invest in research equipment and GMP production equipment to operate the facilities. The company plans to move into the building towards the end of 2007.

'Our plans for expansion have been in place for some time and we are excited that construction work is now underway,' said Joost Holthuis, ceo of OctoPlus. 'This expansion will enable us to support the clinical development of our product pipeline and also further grow our revenue-generating service activities.'

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