One of North America’s largest volume contract manufacturer of banded hard two-piece liquid filled capsules, founded in 1998.

Location: Philadelphia, PA

 

Facilities

Industry-leading facilities, featuring:

• 45,000 sq. ft. facility
• Four manufacturing suites
• Two packaging lines
• FDA audited Facility

Certifications and accreditations

• Health Canada
• Written Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to comply with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) to ensure consistent quality
• ISO 17025 accreditation of in-house laboratories performing Chemical, Physical, Microbial, Heavy Metal, Pesticides and Solvent Residue testing
• Finished Products are tested in accordance with USP/AOAC Methods where applicable
• Certificate of Analysis available
• SQP (Supplier Qualification Program) ensuring supplier compliance
• Compliance with the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
  Act of 2002

Capacity

• 1 billion capsules/year
• 90 million liquid capsules per month

Galenic (dosage and delivery) forms

Two piece Liquid capsule composition

• Gelatin
• HPMC (Vegetable)
• Fish gelatin
• Semi-solid and hot-melt formulations
• Oils and oil-based suspensions

Production details

Capsule size/average fill weight

• Size 1: 375-425 mg
• Size 0: 525-575 mg
• Size 00: 775-825 mg

Special innovations

Beadlet/oil filling technology

• Floating pearl inside a liquid-filled transparent capsule
• 2-phase delivery system

Industry-leading two-piece liquid-filled Capliques™, featuring:

Band sealing:

• Tamper evident
• Odor mitigation
• Product branding

Bottling and cartoning

• Pressure sensitive labels
• Full body sleeves

Formulation

• Formulation and manufacturing experts on hand to help formulate custom products
• Expert advice on absorption, bioavailability, content uniformity, regulatory concerns, and dosage requirements

Minimum orders

Clear capsule with clear band

• 300,000 capsules

Clear capsule with colored band

• 300,000 capsules

Custom colored capsule

• 1,000,000

Printed capsule

• 1,000,000

Production lead time

Approximately 8 weeks