Inhalation Product CDMOs

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.

Apotex (incl. Apotex Pharmachem)

Canada

Apotex is Canada's largest pharmaceutical company with global operations spanning API manufacturing, finished dosage form production, and CDMO/co-development services. With capacity to produce approximately 25 billion finished doses annually and three API manufacturing sites, they serve both their own generic portfolio and external partners through Apotex Pharmachem (API CDMO) and Apotex Fermentation (fermentation-based manufacturing).

ASM Aerosol-Service AG

Switzerland

ASM Aerosol-Service AG is a Swiss contract manufacturer specializing in pharmaceutical aerosols, metered dose inhalers (MDIs), nasal sprays, and medical devices. They provide development services from feasibility studies through formulation, stability testing, regulatory support (EU dossiers), pilot and scale-up production, clinical samples, and full-scale commercial batch manufacturing.

Aurobindo Pharma (incl. Eugia/Generis)

India

Aurobindo Pharma Limited is one of the world's largest vertically integrated generic pharmaceutical companies, headquartered in Hyderabad, India, operating 29 manufacturing facilities globally with capacity to produce 50+ billion formulation units and 19,000+ MT of APIs annually. Through subsidiaries Eugia Pharma Specialities (sterile injectables, oncology), CuraTeQ Biologics (biosimilars), and TheraNym Biologics, Aurobindo operates as a major CDMO. The company holds 830 US ANDA filings with 600+ approvals, and has manufacturing and packaging facilities across India, the US, Portugal, Brazil, and China. CuraTeQ received EMA GMP certification in 2024 for mammalian and microbial drug substance production, prefilled syringe and vial filling. Aurobindo's CDMO expansion includes a contract with MSD for biologics manufacturing with 15,000L bioreactors and 25-30 million vial annual capacity.

Baxter International

China

Baxter International is a global medtech and biopharma company. Through its BioPharma Solutions (BPS) division, Baxter operates as a major CDMO providing sterile fill/finish manufacturing services. BPS invested over $150M in expanding sterile fill/finish capacity at its Bloomington, Indiana facility. Note: Baxter has signed a definitive agreement to divest its BioPharma Solutions business. Baxter has 308 FDA-approved products, extensive manufacturing facilities worldwide, and 93 FDA inspections on record.

Bend Bioscience Inc.

United States

Bend Bioscience (formed from CoreRx, Societal CDMO, and other specialist CDMOs) is a U.S.-based small molecule pharmaceutical CDMO offering end-to-end development and manufacturing from pre-clinical to commercial scale. They specialize in oral bioavailability enhancement via spray dried dispersions, particle engineering, multiparticulates, and modified release technologies. They operate FDA, EMA, ANVISA, and DEA-inspected facilities across three U.S. locations (Oregon, Georgia, Florida) with capabilities spanning oral solids, liquids, topicals, and powders for inhalation.

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.

Bilim Pharmaceuticals

Turkey

Bilim Pharmaceuticals is a major Turkish pharmaceutical company with comprehensive manufacturing capabilities across three production facilities in Gebze and Cerkezkoy. Provides contract manufacturing services alongside its own branded portfolio. Facilities produce a wide range of dosage forms including solid oral doses, liquids, semi-solids, sterile injectables, and inhalation products. Subject to international regulatory inspections and has clinical trials experience.

Boehringer Ingelheim Biopharmaceuticals GmbH (BioXcellence)

Germany

Boehringer Ingelheim BioXcellence is the contract biopharmaceutical manufacturing arm of Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. BioXcellence offers end-to-end biologics CDMO services including mammalian cell culture, microbial fermentation, viral vector production, and aseptic fill/finish with extensive FDA, EMA, and PMDA regulatory approvals across multiple global facilities.

Catalent Pharma Solution

Argentina

Catalent is a leading global CDMO trusted by pharma, biotech, and self-care companies to accelerate the development, manufacturing, and delivery of products that improve lives. With a worldwide network of facilities, advanced technologies, and deep expertise, Catalent provides integrated end-to-end solutions spanning oral dose, biologics, specialty therapies, cell and gene therapy, and clinical supply. The company partners with innovators from early-stage design through commercial manufacturing.

Chemwerth

China

ChemWerth is a US-headquartered, family-owned full-service generic API development and supply company established in 1982. The company provides end-to-end services including new product development, compliance auditing, regulatory filing (500+ DMFs filed globally), and CMO management across 30+ FDA-approved manufacturing facilities in the US, Europe, India, and China. ChemWerth offers the CATALYST program for comprehensive API development and manufacturing.

Curida

Norway

Curida is a European CDMO headquartered in Oslo, Norway with over 50 years of GMP experience, specializing in biologics and liquid pharmaceutical formulations. The company offers contract development and manufacturing for monoclonal antibodies, nasal sprays, ophthalmic products, and sterile/non-sterile liquids using Blow-Fill-Seal technology. Curida operates multiple GMP-certified sites across Norway serving 40+ global partners.

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.

Fresenius Kabi iPSUM S.r.l.

Italy

Fresenius Kabi iPSUM S.r.l. is the Italian subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi, a global healthcare company with significant CDMO operations specializing in lifesaving medicines for critically and chronically ill patients. The company has extensive FDA-registered manufacturing facilities with 405 FDA-approved products, and provides contract development and manufacturing services for injectable, infusion, and other sterile pharmaceutical products.

Hikma Pharmaceuticals

Algeria

Hikma Pharmaceuticals is a global pharmaceutical company with 29 manufacturing plants across the US, Europe, and MENA, producing injectable, oral, and respiratory medicines. The company offers CMO services and has announced a $1 billion investment by 2030 to expand US manufacturing and R&D capabilities. Hikma has 76 FDA-approved products, produces 500 million injectable units annually, and has maintained zero critical FDA observations in 20+ years.

Inke S.A.

Spain

Inke S.A. is a Spanish API manufacturer headquartered in Barcelona with over 25 years of experience in micronization and complex chemical synthesis. The company operates 2 full cGMP manufacturing sites and specializes in high-quality APIs for inhalation (12 respiratory APIs), ophthalmic (6 high-potency APIs), and CNS therapies. Inke is FDA-registered and has SafeBridge-certified OEB 4 high-containment capabilities for HPAPIs.

JAMP Pharma

Canada

JAMP Pharma Group is a leading Canadian pharmaceutical company with over 35 years in the industry, active across generic drugs (JAMP Pharma), biosimilars (BioJAMP), branded products (Orimed Pharma), natural health products (Wampole/Laboratoire Suisse), and beauty products (Cosmetic Import). The company acquired a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Levis, Quebec, and manufactures prescription drugs in Canada through its JAMP Pharma Manufacturing division.

Nephron

United States

Nephron Pharmaceuticals is a US-based sterile pharmaceutical manufacturer and 503B outsourcing facility headquartered in West Columbia, South Carolina. The company specializes in generic respiratory medications (inhalation solutions and suspensions) and contract manufacturing of sterile pre-filled medications using blow-fill-seal (BFS) technology, producing over one billion doses annually.

Novartis Contract Manufacturing

Austria

Novartis Contract Manufacturing is the CDMO arm of Novartis, offering fully integrated end-to-end manufacturing solutions across biologics (mammalian up to 15,000L, microbial up to 13,000L), small molecules (API to fill & finish), cell & gene therapy (CAR-T, AAV, LV), xRNA/LNP/pDNA, and comprehensive fill & finish services. The operation spans multiple state-of-the-art facilities across Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Belgium, France, Singapore, and the United States, with 107 FDA inspections and 27 FEI registrations.

Padagis LLC

United States

Padagis LLC is a U.S.-based generic pharmaceutical company specializing in development and manufacturing of extended topical and specialty pharmaceutical products. Product portfolio includes prescription creams, ointments, gels, foams, sprays, patches, nasal treatments, and suppositories, with a focus on Paragraph IV generic products. Also manufactures naloxone nasal spray (awarded New York State Department of Health contract in 2025). Over 1,300 employees. Offers contract manufacturing, licensing, and joint venture partnerships.

PannonPharma Ltd

Hungary

PannonPharma Ltd is a Hungarian pharmaceutical company based in Pecsvarad, manufacturing pharmaceuticals since 1995. The company produces solid dosage forms (tablets, film-coated tablets, hard gelatin capsules, modified-release tablets), as well as topical products (gels, sprays) and inhalation drops. Products include Diapulmon inhalation drops, Phlogosol antiseptic solution, Ebrimycin antibiotic gel, IRIX spray, and Thaleum allergy eye drops/nasal spray. Offers contract manufacturing services alongside its own product portfolio. GMP certified.

Pfizer CentreOne

Belgium

Pfizer CentreOne is a global CDMO embedded within Pfizer, specializing in commercial manufacturing of oral solid doses, sterile injectables, biologics including monoclonal antibodies, and antibody-drug conjugates. It leverages Pfizer's global manufacturing network across six continents with cGMP-compliant sites and over 170 years of pharmaceutical manufacturing expertise, backed by $1B+ annual manufacturing investments.

Pharmascience

Canada

Pharmascience is Canada's largest privately-owned pharmaceutical company, a leading manufacturer of generic, branded, and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. The company has recently expanded its CDMO services with a new commercial business unit, investing over $120 million to expand its sterile injectable manufacturing facility in Candiac, Quebec, aiming to more than triple capacity. Pharmascience's ambition is to become a world leader in the sterile injectable CDMO segment. The company distributes products in over 50 countries and invests approximately $65 million per year in R&D in Canada. The Pendopharm division offers specialty medicines in gastroenterology, orthopedics, and neurology.

Sava Healthcare Ltd

India

SAVA Healthcare Ltd is an Indian pharmaceutical company established in 2003, headquartered in Pune with a WHO-GMP and PIC/s approved manufacturing facility in Surendranagar, Gujarat. The company offers CDMO/CRAMS services and is a leading manufacturer of nasal drug delivery platforms, producing nasal sprays and drops, dry powder inhalers, oral solid doses, and topical preparations.

Sentiss Pharma Pvt. Ltd.

India

Sentiss Pharma Pvt. Ltd. is an India-based pharmaceutical company specializing in ophthalmic, inhalation (nebulization), otic, and nasal drops, with contract manufacturing capabilities. The company operates sterile manufacturing lines including BFS (Blow-Fill-Seal) technology for eye drops and sterile liquid filling. Sentiss has FDA-registered facilities and has been the first Indian company to introduce eye drops in the Russian market using BFS technology.

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.

The Ritedose Corporation

United States

The largest US CDMO specializing in sterile Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) technology for aseptic manufacturing of unit-dose medications. Based in Columbia, South Carolina with a 500,000+ sq ft facility and production capacity of over 2.6 billion units annually. Delivered more than 12 billion doses since 2012 with no patient interruptions. Provides both CDMO services and has a generics division. Offers the largest nebulized drug portfolio in the US. Key products include ophthalmic, respiratory, and inhalation medications. Has co-developed 80%+ of new BFS products over the past decade. 100% customer retention for 25 years. Recent investments include $17M cGMP lab expansion and seventh Syntegon packaging line. 16 FDA-approved products.

Tiofarma

Netherlands

Tiofarma is a Dutch CDMO specializing in complex semi-solid formulations (creams and ointments) and emergency nasal sprays, offering services from pre-formulation through commercial supply. The company operates an EU-GMP and FDA-licensed manufacturing facility in Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands, with in-house R&D and analytical laboratories.

Ultratech India Limited

India

Ultratech India Limited is an integrated Indian pharmaceutical company established in 1992, manufacturing pharmaceutical finished dosage forms, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, and drug intermediates. They specialize in pulmonary drug delivery systems (DPI and pMDI inhalation products) and offer Custom Research and Manufacturing Services (CRAMS) including custom synthesis, process development, private labeling, and contract manufacturing. Extensive API portfolio covers cardiovascular, antifungal, antihistamine, anti-asthmatics, antiviral, erectile dysfunction, and other therapeutic segments. WHO GMP, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 certified.

Unolab Manufacturing

Spain

Unolab Manufacturing is a Spanish CDMO founded in 2008, specialized in development and manufacturing of sterile unit-dose liquid formulations using Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS Bottelpack) technology. Focused primarily on ophthalmic and respiratory products including saline solutions, hyaluronic acid formulations, and inhalation products. Operates an 18,000 m2 facility in Getafe, Spain with capacity exceeding 600 million doses per year. Products exported to 25+ countries. Also offers tech transfer, out-licensing, and product development services across the full product lifecycle.

Upperton Pharma Solutions

United Kingdom

Upperton Pharma Solutions is a UK-based CDMO with an award-winning 60,000 sq ft development and manufacturing facility (Trent Gateway) in Nottingham. They provide integrated services from pre-clinical through late-phase manufacture for oral solids, nasal, pulmonary, and parenteral dosage forms. They recently built a new 7 million GBP sterile fill/finish manufacturing facility with MHRA submission. Services include formulation development, clinical supply manufacturing (Phase I-III), process scale-up and optimization, quality control, and analytical development and validation.

URSATEC GmbH

Germany

URSATEC GmbH is a German company founded in 1993 specializing in preservative-free spray dosing systems and contract manufacturing. They are the inventor and market leader in dosing systems for preservative-free sprays using their patented 3K and COMFORT packaging technologies. They offer a 'ONE Source' concept covering product development, raw materials sourcing, dosage systems, sterilization, sterile filling, lab services, and regulatory affairs for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, food supplements, and cosmetics. They operate from Tholey, Germany with ISO 13485, ISO 9001, and ISO 15378 certifications. While they do offer contract filling services for sterile products through qualified partner companies, their primary identity is as a dosing system inventor and preservative-free product specialist.

Volcke Aerosol Italy S.r.l.

Italy

Volcke Aerosol is a family-owned contract manufacturer with 55 years of experience specializing in the development and filling of aerosols and sprays. The company operates three production sites in Europe (Belgium, Italy, UK) and provides full-service solutions from formulation development through filling, labeling, and packaging.

Cipla

China

Cipla is a major Indian multinational pharmaceutical company that manufactures and markets its own branded generic medicines globally. While Cipla has formed joint ventures with CDMOs like Kemwell Biopharma for biosimilar development, the company itself is a pharmaceutical manufacturer selling its own products, not a contract manufacturer for others.

Delpharm

Canada

Delpharm is one of the world's top five CDMOs, specializing in the development and manufacture of medicines across solid, sterile, semi-solid, and liquid dosage forms with particular expertise in nasal sprays and injectables. The company operates 18 manufacturing sites and 3 development centers across Europe and North America, with 6,500 employees and over 1.1 billion EUR in turnover. Delpharm produces over 650 million units annually and recently received a $60 million Canadian government investment to modernize its Boucherville injectable facility.

Experic

United States

Experic is a US-based CDMO headquartered in Cranbury, NJ, specializing in pharmaceutical development, powder handling, inhalation drug products, and clinical trial supply packaging. The company has expanded its analytical laboratory capabilities and opened a facility in Dublin, Ireland to support global clinical trials.

Glenmark (incl. API arm Glenmark Life Sciences)

Argentina

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals is a global innovation-driven pharmaceutical company focused on branded and generic formulations, with an API manufacturing arm called Glenmark Life Sciences. The company manufactures APIs and finished dosage forms primarily for its own portfolio, spanning dermatology, respiratory, oncology, and cardiovascular therapeutic areas. Glenmark Life Sciences produces over 120 APIs across multiple manufacturing sites in India.

Hovione

China

Hovione is a specialist integrated CDMO dedicated to helping pharmaceutical customers bring new and off-patent drugs to market. Founded in 1959, the company provides API development and manufacturing, drug product development, and particle engineering services across four GMP manufacturing sites worldwide.

Kindeva Drug Delivery

United Kingdom

Kindeva Drug Delivery is a leading global drug-device combination CDMO specializing in sterile injectables, pulmonary and nasal inhalation, and dermal/transdermal drug delivery platforms. The company has a history spanning back to 1956 when it invented the pressurized metered-dose inhaler (pMDI). Kindeva operates a global network of 10 manufacturing and R&D sites including a 155,000+ sq ft dedicated aseptic operations facility in Bridgeton. They hold 12 FDA-approved products across aerosol, metered-dose, film, and extended release dosage forms. Their FDA record shows 38 inspections (9 NAI, 22 VAI, 7 OAI) and 6 FEI-registered facilities covering analysis, manufacture, and sterilization.

Magle Chemoswed AB

Sweden

Magle Chemoswed AB is a Swedish CDMO serving pharmaceutical and medical device companies with comprehensive services from development through manufacturing on a contract basis. The company operates a full cGMP and ISO 13485 production site in Malmo with five dedicated manufacturing suites. Services include analytical development, process development, solid state characterization, freeze drying (lyophilization), small-scale vial fill and finish, and inhalation drug product development. FDA inspected (3 inspections: 1 NAI, 2 VAI).

NextPharma

Finland

NextPharma is a European pharmaceutical CDMO headquartered in Finland with 10 manufacturing sites across Europe. The company provides pharmaceutical development, clinical trial supply, commercial manufacturing, packaging, and analytical services across a wide range of dosage forms including solids, semi-solids, liquids, softgel capsules, ophthalmics, modified release products, and specialist areas such as hormones, cephalosporins, penicillins, and narcotics.

Pharmalink S.L

Spain

Pharmalink S.L. (operating as STE Pharmaceuticals) is a Barcelona-based company focused on the development and manufacture of medical devices and food supplements according to pharmaceutical quality standards. The company offers turnkey product development including pump sprays, BoV sprays, syrups, oral sprays, tablets, single dose vials, and cosmetic formulations. It has 40+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical sector.

Srikem Laboratories Pvt Ltd

India

Srikem Laboratories Pvt Ltd is an Indian pharmaceutical company based in Navi Mumbai (MIDC Taloja industrial area) that manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients. Search results indicate they supply APIs including Clotrimazole and antibacterials for systemic use. No website text was available. They are listed on PharmaSource and appear in a Global Business Reports feature on India Pharmaceuticals as investing in R&D and manufacturing capabilities. Limited information prevents a more detailed classification, but evidence points to API manufacturing rather than contract drug product manufacturing.

Xedev

Belgium

Xedev is a flexible CDMO based in Belgium, specialized in formulation and process development for oral solid dosage forms. They offer early-phase development services including spray drying, hot melt extrusion, amorphous solid dispersions, and GMP clinical manufacturing for Phase I and Phase II batches.

JEWIM Pharmaceutical (Shandong) Co., Ltd. is a Chinese pharmaceutical company in transformation, focusing on innovative drugs and complex drug delivery systems including inhalation products, nasal sprays, and long-acting injectable microspheres. The company is an established CDMO/CMO partner for multinational pharma companies including Johnson & Johnson (Xian Janssen), Kenvue, and Bayer, with quality systems certified by US FDA and Australian TGA. Products are exported to over 80 countries.

Lupin Limited (Lupin Manufacturing Solutions)

Brazil

Lupin Manufacturing Solutions (LMS) is the CDMO arm of Lupin Limited, one of India's largest pharmaceutical companies. LMS offers integrated CDMO services spanning API manufacturing, formulation development, and finished dosage form production. They operate 16 FDA-registered facilities with 512 FDA-approved products. They have recently expanded into oncology with a dedicated block at Vizag, India, and formed a strategic alliance with PolyPeptide for peptide supply chain scaling. Their extensive regulatory track record includes FDA, WHO, and multiple international approvals.

Murli Krishna Pharma Pvt Ltd

India

Duplicate entry for Murli Krishna Pharma Private Ltd. (mkppl.com) - same company, same website domain. Indian pharmaceutical CDMO specializing in PFI and FDF products with CRAMS services.

Piramal Pharma Solutions (PPS) is a global CDMO under Piramal Pharma Limited, offering end-to-end development and manufacturing solutions across the drug lifecycle. Operates through a globally integrated network of 17 development and manufacturing facilities across North America, Europe, and Asia, with distribution in 100+ countries. Services include drug discovery, process/pharmaceutical development, clinical trial supplies, and commercial supply of APIs and finished dosage forms. Specialized in highly potent APIs, antibody-drug conjugations, sterile fill/finish, and peptide products. Multiple CDMO Leadership Award winner.