Encube Ethicals has announced that its new high potency manufacturing facility for topical formulations is now fully operational.
The new 205 sq. m. facility, at its site in Goa, follows a $4 million investment by the company last year to bolster its topical manufacturing capabilities. It has an in-house isolator technology that caters for topical products, which include highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPIs), such as pesticides, immunosuppressants and skin oncology drugs.
The facility, which was built in response to customer and market demand for Encube’s services, adds an additional manufacturing line to the company’s portfolio, taking the total number of SKUs manufactured at the site to over 400.
Mehul Shah, managing director at Encube Ethicals, who founded the business in 1998, said, “There is a real gap in the market for contract service providers that can provide innovative and cost-effective topical manufacturing capabilities for products that include highly potent actives. As a result, we have experienced high demand for these services and chose to invest in a new facility to increase our capacity. Now that we’re fully operational, we can continue to cater for new small pharma, biotech and virtual customers, as well as continue to support our current multi-national customers who are entering the high potency topical space.”
