Ropack - Contract Manufacturing and Packaging Services for Solid Oral Dosage

Ropack provides leading pharmaceutical organizations with contract manufacturing capabilities and primary and secondary packaging services. Our focus is to provide 100% customer satisfaction, reduce product launch timelines and accelerate custom packaging requirements from clinical trial through scale-up and commercial launch.

Pharmaceutical blister, sachet and bottle packaging

Ropack is flexible, supporting short-run start-ups, commercial production, warehousing, and North American and international distribution services. Our facilities are cGMP compliant and FDA certified for the manufacturing of blister, sachet and bottle packaging of tablets, capsules, liquids and powders. Ropack benefits from over ten year's experience packaging temperature and humidity sensitive products.

Pharmaceutical formulation development

If you're bringing a product to market, or if you have a new idea or approach, Ropack is an ideal partner in pharmaceutical formulation development. Our experience, know-how and excellent facilities combine to help you bring your idea to life. Our pharmaceutical formulation development services include:

• Proof of concept
• API characterization
• Pre-formulation
• Formulation and process development
• Analytical method development
• Phase I and II clinical trail material manufacturing and packaging

Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing services

Our pharmaceutical contract manufacturing services are carried out in state-of-the-art facilities by our highly trained personnel. Our comprehensive pharmaceutical contract manufacturing capabilities are designed to meet the exact needs of our customers. They include:

• Powder blending
• Tableting and / or coating
• Encapsulation or double encapsulation
• Clinical trial manufacturing and packaging (CTM)
• Syringe assembly and vial labeling, under brief excursion time
• Packaging of temperature and humidity sensitive materials at 20% RH

Primary pharmaceutical packaging

Ropack's portfolio of primary pharmaceutical packaging methods meets the highest quality and safety standards. We are renowned in the industry for our primary pharmaceutical packaging, which includes:

• Blister packaging: senior-friendly, child-resistant and cold-formed
• Pouch filling: powders, solid dosages and liquids (pouch filling under nitrogen and pouch filling within controlled-humidity environments is also available)
• Bottling: powder and solid dosages

Secondary pharmaceutical packaging

Secondary pharmaceutical packaging is a vital part of the preparation process. Ropack provides secondary pharmaceutical packaging services that ensure your products are ready for market on time. These include:

• Establishing specifications and procurement of printed packaging materials
• Cartoning: automatic insertion of pouches, bottles, blisters and leaflets; bar code and pharmacode inspection using scanning and vision systems
• Blister packaging in thermo-sealed cards (also available in wallet format)
• Labelling
• Patient kit assembly (for clinical studies and according to specified requirements)
• Syringe assembly and vial labeling

Pharmaceutical product warehousing and distribution

Ropack provides warehousing and distribution services for commercial products and clinical trial materials to locations in the US, Canada and Europe. From secure, stable storage to reliable shipment and delivery services, we can provide invaluable help in managing your products.

We handle the reception of finished products and issuing of reception reports, as well as clinical trial distribution management, clinical trial return management, and management of destruction of returned materials from clinical trails.

Our warehouse has both ambient and cold storage capabilities (2°C to 8°C), and the minimum / maximum temperatures of the warehouse and refrigeration unit are documented. We have two vaults for controlled substances (level 9 security) with biometric access daily, weekly, monthly or annual inventory reports available.