Drug Product 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.

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.

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.

Charles River Laboratories

Australia

Charles River Laboratories is a global contract research organization (CRO) providing drug discovery, safety assessment, and preclinical services across the drug development lifecycle. The company recently divested its CDMO business, indicating it is focused on research services rather than contract manufacturing. It has extensive FDA-registered facilities worldwide.

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.

MULTIVAC

Germany

MULTIVAC is a German family-owned company from the Allgau region operating internationally with 80+ subsidiaries in 165 countries. The company provides integrated packaging and processing solutions for the food, consumer/industrial goods, and medical/pharmaceutical sectors. For pharma, MULTIVAC offers packaging machines for syringes, vials, ampoules, autoinjectors, active stents, and pens. The company makes packaging machines and systems — it is a packaging equipment manufacturer, not a pharmaceutical manufacturer or CDMO.

ParkourSC

United States

ParkourSC is a supply chain software platform providing dynamic decision intelligence for pharmaceutical and life sciences companies. The platform uses AI, hyper-scale data ingestion, and event-driven insights to help CDMOs, CROs, and pharma companies manage supply chain operations, inventory, and excursion management. ParkourSC does not manufacture drugs.

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).

Emergent BioSolutions

Canada

Emergent BioSolutions is a specialty life sciences company with CDMO capabilities, though it has been actively pivoting away from its CDMO business. The company has sold its Baltimore-Bayview drug substance facility to Syngene and its Baltimore-Camden sterile fill/finish facility to Bora Pharmaceuticals. Emergent retains four manufacturing facilities across North America (US and Canada) and holds FDA registrations, 6 approved products, and has conducted 5 clinical trials in infectious disease. The company previously invested $75M in viral vector and gene therapy capabilities at its Canton site.

Suzhou Jingye Medicine & Chemical Co., Ltd. (formerly Suzhou Daxin Chemical) is a Chinese national high-tech enterprise located in Suzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone, specializing in the production and CDMO services of functional chemicals, key starting materials (KSMs), intermediates, and APIs. The company exhibits regularly at CPHI events.

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.

Genezen (USA)

United States

Genezen (USA) is a leading cell and gene therapy CDMO founded in 2014, specializing in lentiviral, retroviral, and adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector manufacturing. The company operates a 60,000 sq ft cGMP facility in Fishers, Indiana and an 86,000 sq ft licensed facility in Lexington, Massachusetts. Genezen provides end-to-end services from preclinical through commercial manufacturing, with FDA registration and established manufacturing partnerships.

Genezen (USA)

United States

Genezen (USA) is a leading cell and gene therapy CDMO founded in 2014, specializing in lentiviral, retroviral, and adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector manufacturing. The company operates a 60,000 sq ft cGMP facility in Fishers, Indiana and an 86,000 sq ft licensed facility in Lexington, Massachusetts. Genezen provides end-to-end services from preclinical through commercial manufacturing, with FDA registration and established manufacturing partnerships.

Capital Farma

Spain

Capital Farma is a Spanish pharmaceutical sourcing and distribution company that provides third-party APIs from leading global manufacturers under exclusivity agreements, co-developed proprietary APIs with European CMOs, and finished dosage form licensing. The company does not manufacture drugs itself but acts as a pharmaceutical intermediary and licensing partner.

Glatt Air Techniques is a division of the Glatt Group that designs, manufactures, and supplies pharmaceutical process equipment, primarily fluidized bed systems, spray granulation, coating, and drying technologies. The company provides engineering solutions for solid dosage form processing rather than manufacturing drugs under contract.

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.

Shandong Lukang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

China

Shandong Lukang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is a leading Chinese bio-pharmaceutical enterprise founded in 1966 in Jining, Shandong, listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (600789) since 1997. The company specializes in the supply of antibiotics and other pharmaceutical APIs, with 5 FDA-registered sites and EDQM certifications. FDA-approved products include an extended-release intramuscular suspension.

Shandong Lukang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

China

Shandong Lukang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is a leading Chinese bio-pharmaceutical enterprise founded in 1966 in Jining, Shandong, listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (600789) since 1997. The company specializes in the supply of antibiotics and other pharmaceutical APIs, with 5 FDA-registered sites and EDQM certifications. FDA-approved products include an extended-release intramuscular suspension.

Onko Ilac Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. is a Turkish pharmaceutical company offering contract manufacturing and out-licensing services. The company manufactures finished dosage form pharmaceutical products including oncology drugs (fingolimod, pemetrexed, temozolomide, abiraterone) and other therapeutic areas, exhibiting regularly at CPHI events.

REYNDERS label printing

Belgium

REYNDERS label printing is a Belgian company specializing in high-quality pharmaceutical label printing. They operate as a dedicated supplier to the pharmaceutical industry, providing labels for pharmaceutical packaging. They are not a drug manufacturer or CDMO; they produce printed labels only.

LenioBio

Germany

LenioBio is a Dusseldorf-based life science biotechnology company specializing in cell-free protein expression technology through their proprietary ALiCE (Almost Living Cell-Free Expression) platform. ALiCE is a plant-based, eukaryotic cell-free system that can produce complex proteins, including fully functional antibodies, within 24 hours. The system scales from early research to large-scale production. LenioBio offers ALiCE as a product and as a service (ALiCE as a Service) for custom protein expression. Funded by CEPI for vaccine production acceleration. Partnered with ReciBioPharm for vaccine candidate production and mAIbe for AI-driven antibody design. They are a technology/platform company, not a contract drug manufacturer.

Novopor Advanced Science

India

Novopor Advanced Science is an Indian specialty chemicals and material science company backed by Bain Capital, founded in 1994. The company develops and manufactures performance chemicals, agrochemical intermediates, and material science products. While it serves the pharma industry as a chemical intermediate supplier, it is not a pharmaceutical CDMO or drug manufacturer.

Ella Biotech

Germany

Ella Biotech (ELLA Biotech GmbH) is a German oligonucleotide synthesis company based in Furstenfeldbruck near Munich, providing custom oligo synthesis services from research to pre-clinical stages since 2004. The company is ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified and serves research, diagnostic, and preclinical needs. It does not manufacture drug substances, drug products, or biologics under contract.

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.

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.

Guangdong Goodscend Pharm. Sci & Tech. Co., Ltd

China

Guangdong Goodscend Pharma is a Chinese high-tech enterprise specializing in the production of synthetic Vitamin K2 (MK-4 and MK-7), Vitamin K1, and Nervonic Acid for the health and dietary supplement industry. The company is a raw material producer for supplement and food applications, not a pharmaceutical contract manufacturer.

Nolato – Medical Solutions

China

Nolato Medical Solutions is a Swedish contract manufacturer of medical devices, drug delivery device components, and pharmaceutical primary plastic packaging. The company provides injection molding, high-precision automation, and polymer technology solutions for pen-injectors, auto-injectors, inhalers, nebulizers, and ophthalmic devices. It operates 20 global manufacturing sites but does not manufacture pharmaceutical drug substances or drug products.

Emphasys Industrial (Emphasys Innovatec)

Brazil

Emphasys Innovatec is a Brazilian company that designs and manufactures medical devices and dispensing systems for pharmaceuticals and personal care. Founded in 1998, the company specializes in injection-molded drug delivery devices including nasal sprays and inhalers, operating from a GMP-compliant clean-room facility in Porto Feliz, Sao Paulo.

Sleever International

China

Sleever International is a global specialist in shrink sleeve labeling solutions, founded over 50 years ago. They design and manufacture thermo-retractable sleeve labels, sleeve application machines, and provide co-packing services. Their technology is used for product decoration, protection, and branding across multiple industries including pharmaceuticals (e.g., braille labels for Meda/Betadine). While they serve pharma clients with labeling solutions, they are a packaging/labeling equipment and solutions company, not a pharmaceutical drug manufacturer.

Sleever International

China

Sleever International is a global specialist in shrink sleeve labeling solutions, founded over 50 years ago. They design and manufacture thermo-retractable sleeve labels, sleeve application machines, and provide co-packing services. Their technology is used for product decoration, protection, and branding across multiple industries including pharmaceuticals (e.g., braille labels for Meda/Betadine). While they serve pharma clients with labeling solutions, they are a packaging/labeling equipment and solutions company, not a pharmaceutical drug manufacturer.

Monument Chemical bvba

Belgium

Monument Chemical bvba is a Belgian custom chemical manufacturer with 50+ years of experience producing high-quality fine and specialty chemicals. The company offers custom distillation, synthesis, and chemical manufacturing services. While they serve pharmaceutical customers and have FDA inspections (4 total, 2 NAI, 2 VAI), their core products are solvents (THF/tetrahydrofuran), pharmaceutical excipients (IPA-USP, HG-NF with EXCiPACT GMP certification), and specialty chemicals — not finished pharmaceutical products or APIs.

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.

Grace Custom Pharma (Fine Chemical Manufacturing Services) is a division of W.R. Grace & Co. that provides contract pharmaceutical drug substance manufacturing services for custom APIs, registered starting materials, and intermediates. The company operates cGMP-compliant facilities and specializes in integrated scale-up from R&D through commercial production, emphasizing quality culture and compliance.

Klass Pack Limited (now a subsidiary of Borosil Scientific Limited) is an Indian manufacturer of primary pharmaceutical glass packaging, specifically tubular glass vials. Borosil acquired a majority stake to enter the primary pharma glass packaging business. Klass Pack manufactures borosilicate glass vials for pharmaceutical use and has been expanding production capacity. They are a primary packaging component supplier, not a contract drug manufacturer.

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.

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.

Newgen Biotech (Ningbo) is a Chinese marine biotechnology company established in 2013, focused on R&D, production, and sales of food nutritional supplements and marine-derived biological products. The company offers OEM/ODM services for probiotics, enzymes, and nutritional supplements, but its core business is food/nutraceutical products, not pharmaceutical drug manufacturing.

Cristalco

France

Cristalco is a French sugar, alcohol, and bioethanol company with a strong position in pharmaceutical excipients, supplying pharmaceutical-grade sugar (PharmaSugar), DMSO, stevia extracts (Stevial Pharma), and pharmaceutical-grade ethanol. Its distilleries are GMP-certified by the French Medicine Agency (ANSM) and ISO-9001 certified, but the company is a raw material and excipient supplier, not a drug manufacturer.

Genevia Lifesciences AG

Switzerland

Genevia Lifesciences AG is a Swiss company focused on nutrigenomics-based health products and wellness solutions. The company uses genomics R&D and big data to develop products that improve human health and life quality, with a focus on personalized nutrition. Genevia is not a pharmaceutical manufacturer or CDMO.

Kokoku Intech Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that develops, manufactures, and provides high-performance precision rubber components for various industries including automotive, electronics, office automation, and medical. For the pharmaceutical/medical sector, they supply rubber components such as stoppers, seals, and other precision rubber parts used in drug delivery devices and pharmaceutical containers. They are a component/material supplier, not a drug manufacturer.

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.

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.

LaunchWorks, LLC

Canada

LaunchWorks CDMO is an ISO-13485:2016 certified and FDA-registered contract manufacturer specializing in molecular diagnostics and life science products, not pharmaceutical drug manufacturing. Their services include design and development, pilot lot production, custom formulations, process development, validation, lyophilization formulation, assay refinement, packaging, fulfillment, and storage. This is a medical device/diagnostics CMO, not a pharmaceutical CDMO.

PlantaCorp GmbH

Germany

PlantaCorp GmbH is a German ISO 22000 and GMP-certified contract manufacturer of liquid liposomal food supplements, established in 2015 in Hamburg. Offers white label and contract manufacturing of liposomal dietary supplements (vitamins, minerals, plant extracts) in liquid form. Provides product development, formulation, manufacturing, and packaging services for the nutraceutical industry. Not a pharmaceutical manufacturer -- operates exclusively in the dietary supplement/food supplement space.