PCI completes acquisition of Australian based packaging solutions provider

Pharmaceutical outsourcing services provider, PCI Pharma Services, has now completed its acquisition of Australian based Pharmaceutical Packaging Professionals (PPP).

PCI’s intent to acquire the Australian provider of clinical trial manufacturing, packaging, storage and distribution services was announced last month (February 2018).

This acquisition will allow PCI to offer earlier stage outsourcing services to its customers conducting trials in the Asia Pacific region. Additionally, PCI has revealed that it will establish PPP’s Melbourne offices as the regional headquarters for Asia Pacific, which will be led by the founder of PPP and current senior vice president for PCI Asia Pacific, Craig Rogers.

“As a leading outsourced services partner, we look for ways to better support our customers in markets where they do business,” stated Bill Mitchell, president and CEO of PCI Pharma Services. “Asia Pacific, including Australia, has become an important region for clinical trials and we are focused on building upon PPP’s successes to continue to support our customers’ needs throughout the drug development lifecycle. PCI is investing to be the partner of choice for our clients as they grow, evolve, and access new markets around the world.”

PPP’s logistical services include storage capability across a range of temperature conditions including controlled room temperature, 2–8˚C, -20˚C, and -80˚C environments, which expands PCI’s existing capabilities in storing, packaging and shipping cold chain products.