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This week, during a ribbon cutting ceremony that included executive leadership and invited guests, West announced the completion of a 60,000 square foot expansion at our contract manufacturing facility in Dublin, Ireland.
This week, during a ribbon cutting ceremony that included executive leadership and invited guests, West announced the completion of a 60,000 square foot expansion at our contract manufacturing facility in Dublin, Ireland. The expansion is in response to customer demand for medical device manufacturing—especially in the area of diabetes.
Government officials, including Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation; Leo Varadkar, the Minister for Social Protection; and Barry Heavy, the Head of Life Sciences, Irish Development Agency; were all on hand to celebrate West’s most recent investment in Ireland, which strongly aligns with the Government’s ongoing strategy to attract investment in high-quality, high-value, medical device manufacturing. As a result of the expansion, it is anticipated that 100 new jobs will be added to the business over the next five years.
During the event, West also announced that the contract manufacturing business—formerly known as The Tech Group—will now align with the West brand and do business as “West.” This transition reflects the significance of contract manufacturing in West’s long-term strategy as a leader in integrated packaging and delivery for injectable medicines.
The nearly 350 employees currently working in Dublin are passionate about the important role they play in delivering healthcare and equally as passionate about giving back to the community. For the past five years, the team in Dublin has supported the Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, one of Ireland’s largest children’s hospitals. This year employees helped raise more than 25,000 euros. To recognize this impressive, local fundraising effort, West presented the Temple Street Foundation with a corporate matching gift of 25,000 euros during the ceremony on November 30.
West looks forward to strengthening our presence in Ireland with the expansion in Dublin as well as the development of our center of excellence for elastomeric sheeting and injectable component product lines in Waterford. The Waterford plant is expected to begin full commercial operations in 2018.
Lyophilization (freeze drying) is the process of dehydrating a material at low temperature and reduced pressure. It is used to extend the shelf life of many biologic drug products (> 400 FDA-approved); because absent water, the rates of degradative processes are reduced substantially. Essential to successful lyophilization, and subsequent rehydration, are use of proper containment and reconstitution systems. <br />
The market for prefillable syringe systems (PFS) is growing at a rate of approximately 10 percent per year, with cartridge-based systems growing even faster at rates of 13 percent (2013 market outlook, IMS). The predominant areas of growth are within the insulin and biologics therapeutic areas, as well as overall growth within emerging markets.
Fox Chase Cancer Center held its annual wrap-up event on December 11, 2014. The event honors teams who participate in the annual Dragon Boat Festival to raise money for cancer research. This year, West’s Exton team were honored as the top fundraiser. In addition, two West team members were recognized as top individual fundraisers, including Jo-Ann Adamson, who was recognized as the top individual fundraiser for the 2014 Philadelphia Dragon Boat event.
Although Corporate Responsibility is often most thought of as caring for the environment and giving back to local communities, we firmly believe that it also means taking responsibility for the health and safety of our team members, contractors and visitors, and working to safeguard them against work-related accidents and illnesses. It is West’s policy to comply with all applicable health and safety laws and regulations, and we are committed to designing and operating our facilities to provide a healthy and safe workplace.
Electron-beam irradiation (<em>e-beam </em>- sometimes called beta irradiation) is a technique used commonly to sterilize pharmaceutical packaging products and medical devices. It operates by directing a continuous flow of electrons through the articles being sterilized. Transfer of energy from the e-beam breaks the chains of DNA in organisms, rendering them inactive, and the articles irradiated as sterile. It is used typically for Ready-to-Use (RU) vials and syringes comprising Daikyo Crystal Zenith® cyclic olefin polymer, and Daikyo PLASCAP® seal products.
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