The API will be manufactured at AFC’s recently completed second semi-works unit, which is located within a secured perimeter segment of AFC on the DoD-regulated campus of Aerojet/GenCorp in Rancho Cordova.
AFC Product Management executive director Larry Zeagler said this facility offers a remotely operated process plant which can safely run hydrogenations and hazardous chemical processes, while containing reactants and products with Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) down to 0.5µg/m3, combining two of the core strengths of AFC.
"Equipment consists of 4 reactors (from 300-750 gal) and one 2.0m2 Hastelloy filter-dryer and the unit is ideally suited for the production of APIs required by companies like Chimerix," Zeagler said.