Colorcon Inc, an excipient manufacturer, has announced an investment in a new film coating manufacturing plant in Indaiatuba – São Paulo State, Brazil. The construction is scheduled for completion  by October 2016 with the production of commercial-scale product scheduled for January 2017. The site will produce GMP film coating products for the pharmaceutical and nutritional markets in South America, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Colorcon Brazil will continue to support customers across the region with formulation and development of pharmaceutical products through the Technical Service Laboratory already established at Cotia, Sao Paulo. This facility was opened in 2000.

Source: Colorcon