Formulation Development CDMOs

UPM Pharmaceuticals

United States

UPM Pharmaceuticals is a U.S.-based CDMO specializing in late-stage commercial manufacturing of semi-solid and oral solid dose products. Operating from a 475,000 sq ft cGMP FDA-registered facility in Bristol, Tennessee, UPM is a family-owned company with 30+ years of experience. They handle DEA-controlled substances and provide services from technology transfer and scale-up through commercial manufacturing. Capabilities include formulation development, analytical development, coated tablet manufacturing, pharmaceutical serialization, aggregation, and full packaging and warehousing.

PHT International is a full-service Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO) headquartered in China, providing innovative solutions to leading life science companies. Offers global solutions in contract research and manufacturing to partners within the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and specialty chemical industries. Includes import/export services and sterile CDMO manufacturing capabilities.

Bespak

United Kingdom

Bespak is a specialist CDMO focused exclusively on inhaled and nasal drug delivery devices (pressurized metered-dose inhalers, dry powder inhalers, nasal sprays). Built on decades of experience designing, developing, and manufacturing inhaled drug delivery devices and drug products. FDA-registered with 6 inspections (2 NAI, 4 VAI). Operates from Holmes Chapel, UK facility with extensive device development and manufacturing capabilities.

OneSource Specialty Pharma Limited

India

OneSource Specialty Pharma Limited (formerly Stelis Biopharma Limited) is India's first specialty pharma pure-play CDMO, offering multimodal end-to-end capabilities across drug-device combinations, complex sterile injectables, biologics, and soft gelatin capsules. The company operates five state-of-the-art facilities in Bengaluru with 35 approved ANDAs and 19 commercialized drug products in the US market.

Hiral Labs Ltd

India

Hiral Labs Ltd is an Indian pharmaceutical contract manufacturer established in 2000, based near Roorkee, Uttarakhand. The company operates two WHO-GMP and ISO-certified manufacturing sites producing liquid injections, tablets, capsules, ointments, syrups, eye/ear drops, and oncology injections (including lyophilized). Hiral Labs manufactures over 350 formulations on a contractual basis for more than 300 companies across approximately 4,000 brands.

Divis Laboratories Limited

India

Divis Laboratories is one of the world's top 3 API manufacturers and a trusted CDMO partner for over 25 years, serving 12 of the top 20 Big Pharma companies. Operating three world-class manufacturing facilities near Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, and Kakinada in India with over 16,500 m3 combined reaction capacity, they manufacture generic APIs (30 commercial products), custom synthesis for Big Pharma (small molecules, high potent, peptides), and nutraceutical ingredients including carotenoids and vitamins.

Axcellerate Pharma LLC

United States

Axcellerate Pharma LLC is an award-winning CDMO based in Piscataway, New Jersey, providing CRO and CDMO services for both large and small molecules. Their capabilities span cGMP API manufacturing (small molecules), sterile aseptic filling (vials, syringes, cartridges, bags), lyophilization, mammalian cell culture, microbial fermentation, oligonucleotide synthesis, PEGylation, and commercial manufacturing including generics, controlled substances, hormones/steroids, and cytotoxic/oncology compounds. The company operates from a multi-faceted facility that includes ISO Class 5-8 sterile areas, dedicated process areas for biologics development, chemical development, and sterile manufacturing.

Batavia Biosciences

Netherlands

Batavia Biosciences is a Netherlands-based CDMO dedicated to viral vector and vaccine development. They provide process development, GMP manufacturing through their Batavia Biomanufacturing division, and offer proprietary technologies including HIP-Vax, SCOUT, SATIRN, STEP, and SIDUS platforms. They support clients from bench to bedside in viral vectors, viral vaccines, recombinant proteins, and oncolytic viruses.

Prime Health Ltd. is a contract manufacturer for natural health products, nutritional supplements, and pharmaceutical products. Based in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada (not UK as listed), they have a modern facility with advanced equipment. Job postings mention production workers for tablet coating, quality control technicians, R&D technicians, encapsulation roles, and formulation technicians. FDA-registered with FEI 3021784212 with 1 FDA inspection (VAI in 2022). Also listed on PharmaSource as a contract manufacturer and appearing at CPHI Frankfurt. The UK-based Prime Health referenced by Apposite Capital appears to be a different entity (www.prime-health.co.uk).

YSK Laboratories Pvt Ltd

India

YSK Laboratories Pvt Ltd is an Indian pharmaceutical company specializing in 'SMART APIs' -- semi-formulated Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Directly Compressible (DC) Granule form. These granules can be directly compressed into tablets in a single step, eliminating granulation. Annual production capacity of 400-500 metric tons of DC Granules.

BioTechnique LLC

United States

BioTechnique LLC is a full-service CRDMO based in York County, Pennsylvania, specializing in cytotoxic and therapeutic sterile injectable fill-finish services. The company provides services from investigational/clinical through to final marketed products, handling both small and large batch sizes. BioTechnique operates an FDA-registered facility with capabilities spanning sterile manufacturing, lyophilization, and high-potency compound handling.

Ami Lifesciences Pvt Ltd

India

Ami Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. is one of India's fastest-growing API manufacturing companies, established in 2006 in Vadodara, Gujarat. The company manufactures 88+ APIs across multiple therapeutic areas with 69 DMFs filed globally, operating three manufacturing plants with 1,500 metric tons of production capacity and offering CDMO/custom synthesis services.

USV Peptides is the peptide synthesis division of USV Private Limited, a 61-year-old Indian healthcare company originally founded as a joint venture with USV & P Inc. USA (Revlon subsidiary). They specialize in custom peptide synthesis and GMP-grade peptide manufacturing from their dedicated facility at Chiplun, Maharashtra. Capabilities include solid-phase and solution-phase peptide synthesis, peptidomimetics, conjugation, PEGylation, HPLC purification to >99% purity in multi-kg quantities, and full characterization (Mass, LC-MS, AAA, Ion Chromatography). They serve pharmaceutical, research, and cosmetic peptide markets globally.

Polpharma / Polpharma API

Kazakhstan

Polpharma is the leader of the Polish pharmaceutical market and one of the leading drug manufacturers in Central and Eastern Europe, with origins dating to 1935. Produces 400 million packages annually across 5 manufacturing plants and 3 R&D centers. The group includes Polpharma API (CDMO/API manufacturing), Polpharma Biologics (state-of-the-art biologic manufacturing including biosimilars and innovative molecules), and Farmaprojects (B2B hub). Has received grants for RNA-based medicines development under the STEP initiative. FDA registered for API manufacture.

BirdoTech is a Shanghai-based CRO/CDMO providing drug discovery and custom synthesis services to pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The company has CDMO manufacturing sites in Chongqing (cGMP), Shanghai (GMP-like), and Shandong (non-GMP), supporting research through manufacturing stages. This is a duplicate entry for the same company as Birdo (Shanghai) Pharmatech Co., Ltd.

Helba İlaç İç ve Dış San. Tic. A.Ş.

Turkey

Helba Pharma is a Turkish pharmaceutical manufacturer established in 2008, with roots in Welfar Pharma founded in Azerbaijan in 1995. The company produces solid and semi-solid form medicines at its GMP-certified production facility with 50 million box manufacturing capacity, and actively exports to CIS countries, Balkans, and Middle Eastern markets.

TAPI (Teva API)

Netherlands

TAPI (Teva Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) is the API division of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, positioned as the world's leading international supplier of APIs with 350+ products in their portfolio. They offer integrated API and CDMO services, leveraging 85+ years of API development and manufacturing expertise. TAPI provides customized solutions including complex API development, peptide manufacturing (including GLP-1 capability), and end-to-end manufacturing. They have a partnership with Antheia for biosynthetic pharmaceutical ingredients and with Sagimet Biosciences for resmetirom API. TAPI operates globally with multiple manufacturing sites.

KD Pharma Group

Germany

KD Pharma Group is a pure-play, technology-driven CDMO with unique expertise in lipids (omega-3 APIs from fish and algae) and specialized small molecule products. Offers vertically integrated services: API manufacturing (lipid-based and small molecule), finished dosage forms (softgels, liquid bottling, packaging). Pharma division (KD Pharma) provides pharmaceutical APIs and custom synthesis. Nutra division (KD Nutra) serves nutritional supplement companies. KD Biopharma runs Phase 3 clinical trials for lipid-based therapeutics (FAP, UC, COVID-19). Recently expanded manufacturing site in Seal Sands, UK. FDA registered with 2 FEI numbers, 3 inspections (3 VAI).

Meenaxy Pharma Pvt Ltd.

India

Meenaxy Pharma Pvt Ltd is an Indian pharmaceutical company with over 20 years of experience specializing in the manufacture of pharmaceutical pellets and capsules. WHO GMP and ISO 9001:2015 certified, the company is a pioneer in novel drug delivery systems, producing neutral pellets (non-pareil seeds, sugar spheres USP, tartaric acid pellets, di-calcium phosphate pellets, MCC pellets), active drug coated pellets (doxycycline, omeprazole, curcumin, orlistat, indomethacin ER, itraconazole, dexlansoprazole, ketoprofen ER, mebeverine HCl SR), enteric coated pellets, and blended pellets (iron folic, mineral & vitamin). They serve clients including GSK, Aurobindo, and Dr. Reddy's, and export to 20+ countries. The company operates two manufacturing facilities with capsule filling capabilities and contract manufacturing services.

Gehrlicher GmbH

Germany

Gehrlicher Pharmazeutische Extrakte GmbH is a German family-owned company located in Eurasburg, Bavaria, manufacturing herbal extracts and tinctures since 1964. The company is GMP-certified (since 2010) and offers over 500 herbal formulations, including contract manufacturing of finished medicinal products and bulk supply. Gehrlicher serves pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and food supplement industries with customized extract solutions.

SIDEFARMA

Portugal

SIDEFARMA is a Portuguese CMO with over 45 years of experience, specialized in the manufacture of small and medium-size batches of solid dosage forms (coated tablets, tablets, capsules), semi-solids (creams, gels, ointments), and liquid pharmaceuticals. The company provides contract manufacturing, contract packaging, and contract development services following European quality standards, while also commercializing its own branded pharmaceutical products.

Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd

India

Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd is one of India's top 10 pharmaceutical companies, operating as a CDMO for developing, manufacturing, and globally distributing pharmaceutical products. They produce diverse dosage forms including solid orals, liquid orals, topical formulations, injectables, metered dose inhalers, and dry powder inhalers across therapeutic areas including anti-TB, antimalarials, antiretrovirals, antidiabetics, antihypertensives, and antiasthmatics. They have 152 FDA-approved products, WHO prequalified medicines, and manufacturing facilities compliant with UK MHRA, US FDA, TGA, and WHO guidelines. They operate in 100+ countries.

Honour Lab Limited

India

Honour Lab Limited is an India-based CDMO providing end-to-end development and manufacturing of drug substance (APIs). The company offers services from route scouting and process development through preclinical and clinical supply to commercial API manufacturing, including specialty chemicals and GMP production.

Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd

India

Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is India's largest CDMO with 30% domestic market share, operating 15+ state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities with over 4,100 commercialized formulations across 60+ dosage forms. The company serves 1,500+ pharmaceutical companies and provides end-to-end services including API manufacturing (737 MT annual capacity across 3 facilities), formulation development, clinical trial materials, and commercial-scale production of tablets, capsules, injectables, soft gels, syrups, topicals, and nutraceuticals.

Tirupati Group is one of India's largest contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs), providing end-to-end solutions across pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, Ayurveda, and sports nutrition. Founded in 2005, the company operates state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh) and Noida (Uttar Pradesh), serving 350+ clients including Abbott, Pfizer, Dr. Reddy's, and Sun Pharma.

Gannet BioChem

United States

Gannet BioChem is a specialty CDMO based in Huntsville, Alabama, focused on polymer science, PEG chemistry, and bioconjugation. Built on the legacy of Shearwater Polymers and Nektar Therapeutics, the company provides end-to-end capabilities from early discovery through cGMP and commercial manufacturing of activated polymers, PEG reagents, and bioconjugates. The FDA-inspected facility spans over 124,000 square feet across four buildings and has supported 50+ global partners.

Lachifarma is an Italian CMO/CDMO based in Zollino (Lecce), Italy, offering research, technological development, and pharmaceutical contract manufacturing services. Listed as an EU GMP CMO, it appears in European CDMO landscape analyses alongside companies like Fine Foods, Doppel, and Biofarma. Lachifarma has been involved in vaccine-related contract manufacturing and offers pharmaceutical dose manufacturing services.

Davipharm

Vietnam

Davipharm (Dat Vi Phu Pharmaceutical JSC) is a Vietnamese pharmaceutical manufacturer and member of the Adamed group, holding EU GMP certification. The company manufactures over 300 generic drug products at its facility in Binh Duong, Vietnam, and offers CMO/CDMO services including high-potency drug manufacturing. Davipharm recently expanded its capacity and capabilities in high-potency manufacturing.

Biomatrix Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.

India

BioMatrix Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian pharmaceutical company established in 2007, headquartered in Ahmedabad, specializing in 100% export of pharmaceutical products to 40+ countries. Their manufacturing facility is WHO-GMP, EU-GMP certified and compliant with US-FDA, UK-MHRA, and ANVISA standards, with Health Canada site approval. Capacity: 5 billion tablets, 1 billion capsules, 24 million liquids, and 18 million dry syrups per annum. 1,000+ product registrations. Expanding with a new API manufacturing facility in Vadodara.

Porton Pharma Solutions

China

Porton Pharma Solutions is a global CDMO headquartered in China with over 4,300 employees and operations in the US, Europe (Slovenia), and China. They offer end-to-end services across small molecules, tides (peptides/oligonucleotides), biologics and conjugates (ADCs), and advanced therapy medicinal products. Technical solutions include crystallization, bio catalysis, metal catalysis, flow chemistry, preparative chromatography, milling, and chemical engineering. FDA-registered with 4 FEI numbers for API manufacture, they have 3 FDA inspections with clean outcomes (1 NAI, 2 VAI).

M2i Life Sciences

France

M2i Life Sciences is a French industrial group founded in 2012, specializing in the design, formulation, and production of complex molecules. Their CDMO division focuses on research, development, and production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), synthesis intermediates, specialty molecules, and pheromones. They operate across human health, animal health (veterinary formulation and microencapsulation), and biocontrol segments. They produce approximately 1,000 tonnes per year of reference products in pain relief, fever control, and cardiology for France and North Africa.

SERATEC

Germany

SERATEC is a French-German CDMO specializing in the development and production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for rare and orphan diseases as well as high-value small molecules. Founded in 1970, the company provides end-to-end API solutions from molecule design through development, registration with leading regulatory agencies, and cGMP commercial production. SERATEC is FDA-registered and has been FDA-inspected for API manufacturing.

West Bengal Chemical Industries Limited

India

West Bengal Chemical Industries Limited (WBCIL) is a GMP and ISO certified API manufacturer based in Kolkata, India, with over 60 years of experience. The company specializes in producing active pharmaceutical ingredients including injectable iron APIs, chelated minerals, and liposomal technology products. WBCIL holds multiple FDA registrations across four FEI numbers.

Novugen Pharma

Malaysia

Novugen Pharma is a Malaysian pharmaceutical company and CDMO subsidiary of UAE-based SciTech International, providing vertically integrated API and finished dosage form development and manufacturing. The company has USFDA-approved facilities including a dedicated oncology manufacturing plant. Novugen achieved zero Form 483 citations from USFDA and holds Halal pharmaceutical certification.

etherna (including its manufacturing arm etherna manufacturing) is a Belgian mRNA technology platform company that designs and manufactures research-grade and GMP-grade mRNA. The company provides custom drug delivery and mRNA manufacturing services, supporting partners from concept through clinical development.

Laboratorios Basi – Indústria Farmacêutica

Portugal

Laboratorios Basi - Industria Farmaceutica S.A. is a Portuguese pharmaceutical company whose mission is to develop, manufacture, market, and globally distribute medicines and therapeutic solutions built on European quality excellence with innovative technologies. They have over 240 pharmaceutical products registered across 17 therapeutic areas and are present in more than 60 countries. They operate two industrial units and offer contract manufacturing services for injectable products (small and large volume), gels, creams, ointments, syrups, oral solutions and suspensions, cutaneous solutions, and enemas. They also offer licensing, quality control, and R&D services. Their innovation arm operates through Basinnov.

Life Pharma FZE

United Arab Emirates

Life Pharma FZE (LIFEPharma) is a UAE-based pharmaceutical manufacturer and the only USFDA-approved pharmaceutical company in the United Arab Emirates. Part of VPS Healthcare, the company manufactures a wide range of generic finished dosage forms including tablets, capsules, and liquid oral preparations at its facility in Jebel Ali, Dubai. LIFEPharma is building a new oncology manufacturing facility in Abu Dhabi.

XL LABORATORIES PVT LTD

India

XL Laboratories Pvt Ltd is an EU GMP, PIC/s, TGA, and WHO GMP approved pharmaceutical formulations and nutraceuticals research and manufacturing company established in 2001. It holds Star Export House status from the Indian Ministry of Commerce for outstanding international market performance, with presence in 40+ countries.

Ingenza Ltd

United Kingdom

Ingenza Ltd is a UK-based full-service protein CRDMO (Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organisation) headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. With over 20 years of experience, the company specializes in engineering biology for biologics and small molecule pharmaceuticals, offering services from drug discovery through pre-clinical manufacturing. Ingenza has a 100% success rate producing customer targets and has produced over 7,000 strains/cell-lines and proteins. GMP capability is coming online in Q2 2026.

Avid Bioservices, Inc.

United States

Avid Bioservices, Inc. is a dedicated biologics CDMO based in Costa Mesa, California, with 30+ years of experience in mammalian cell culture-based biologics manufacturing. The company provides end-to-end drug substance and drug product services for monoclonal antibodies, bispecific antibodies, enzymes, and recombinant proteins. Avid operates from its main facility plus a new 78,000 sq ft Early Phase Center of Excellence (opened February 2026) for early-stage development. Services include cell line development, process development, analytical method development, cGMP manufacturing, and late-stage clinical and commercial biologics production. Avid has built a track record as one of the few US-based pure-play biologics CDMOs.

ProteoGenix SAS

France

ProteoGenix SAS is a French antibody production company founded in 2003, providing integrated solutions for custom antibody development, recombinant protein expression, and bioproduction services. The company offers therapeutic antibody discovery, humanization using proprietary AI, ADC development, bispecific antibody development, CAR-T platforms, and custom cell line development across 6 manufacturing sites. ProteoGenix serves the therapeutics, diagnostics, research, and animal health markets.

AdhexPharma

France

AdhexPharma is an independent French CDMO specializing in the development and manufacturing of transdermal patches, topical patches, and oral dissolving films. With over 40 years of experience, they produce 180 million units annually and have 15+ ongoing development projects. They are cGMP compliant with both EMA and FDA standards and recently acquired tesa Labtec GmbH to expand capabilities.

China Resources Zizhu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (CRZP), founded in 1969, is a high-tech pharmaceutical enterprise and subsidiary of China Resources Pharmaceutical. The company manufactures APIs and finished dosage forms including tablets, oral liquids, and topicals, with FDA registration and 5 FDA inspections on record, and 2 FDA-approved products.

Sanner GmbH

China

Sanner GmbH is a CDMO specializing in medical device development and pharmaceutical/nutraceutical packaging. The company offers full-service solutions from concept and engineering to pilot and large-scale production, with particular expertise in injection molding and desiccant integration for pharma-ready solutions.

Nanomol Technologies S.A.

Spain

Spanish company specializing in particle design, nanoformulation, and cGMP particle characterization services. Uses proprietary DELOS platform technology for nanoformulation and drug delivery. Provides advanced solutions for healthcare and pharmaceutical products through particle engineering. Also offers contract analysis services for particle characterization. FDA registered (FEI for ANALYSIS operations). Active in European nanopharmaceutical development consortia (PHOENIX-OITB).

Aarti Pharmalabs Limited

India

Aarti Pharmalabs Limited is a leading Indian small-molecule CDMO specializing in API and drug substance development and manufacturing. They operate six manufacturing plants with two R&D centers, accredited by USFDA, EU GMP, EDQM, and KFDA. They provide services from process R&D through stability studies, scale-up, process validation, and commercial manufacturing, including high-potent/cytotoxic molecules and flow chemistry.

Roslin Cell Therapies Ltd

United Kingdom

Roslin Cell Therapies Ltd (trading as RoslinCT) is a leading global CDMO focused exclusively on advanced cell therapies. Originally spun out from the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, the company merged with Lykan Bioscience in 2022 and received significant investment from GHO Capital. RoslinCT provides contract development and GMP manufacturing services for cell therapy products, operating facilities in Edinburgh, UK and Hopkinton, MA, USA.

Lotte Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. is a South Korean chemical company that manufactures pharmaceutical excipients including Hypromellose (HPMC) for tablet coating (AnyCoat-C), Betadex Sulfobutyl Ether Sodium (Dexolve), and XDC Linkers. They are a raw material/excipient supplier to the pharmaceutical industry, not a contract drug manufacturer.

Basic Pharma

Netherlands

Basic Pharma is a full-service CDMO based in the Netherlands specializing in regulated pharmaceutical product development, manufacturing, and commercialization. They offer GMP-compliant manufacturing of medicinal products and formulations, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and analytical testing from lab scale to early clinical phase and beyond. Their state-of-the-art facility includes GMP-compliant clean rooms.