Hovione Completes Acquisition Of Aseptic Spray-Drying Production Line

Hovione has acquired an aseptic spray-drying production line, vial filling and back up utilities from Acusphere, a company located in Boston. The equipment includes sterile filtration, aseptic spray drying, secondary drying and vial filling, as well as terminal sterilization systems, lyophilisation, WFI and clean steam production utilities. The acquisition is expected to provide Hovione access to equipment and knowhow for the production of sterile drug substance and sterile drug product.

Dave Hoffman, head of exclusives and particle design business units at Hovione, said: “This is a very exciting move for Hovione, we are adding aseptic production -a tough new area of pharmaceutical manufacturing- to our offering. We have been considering aseptic production for some time and today we took the first step.”

This acquisition adds to Hovione’s cGMP spray-drying facilities, which includes lab, pilot and various commercial scale production installations in Portugal, the US and in Ireland.