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St. Louis, MO - SAFC Supply Solutions, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group (Nasdaq: SIAL - News), has announced a major enhancement to its Diagnostics initiative, concentrating on providing high-quality customized services, including custom formulation, manufacturing and packaging solutions, to the in vitro Diagnostics (IVD) manufacturing industry through its SAFC Supply Solutions Diagnostics segment.
The Diagnostics initiative will highlight SAFC as a significant, total supply chain provider to the IVD and contract OEM manufacturing industry, combining customized raw material manufacturing, specialized packaging, analytical testing, quality assurance, compliance and just-in-time delivery through a single resource designed especially to meet the demands of the Diagnostics industry.
"Bringing SAFC's manufacturing expertise, vast knowledge of issues associated with compliance and our industry-leading distribution network to the Diagnostics industry is a natural extension to our Supply Solutions business," said SAFC President Frank Wicks. "Customers will discover that SAFC capabilities include total supply chain management, quality assurance, custom packaging, customized analytical testing and experienced regulatory personnel - all focused toward the needs of Diagnostics customers."
Contract and OEM manufacturing of IVD products will be performed in SAFC's cGMP manufacturing and packaging facility located in St. Louis, Missouri. This facility conforms to 21 CFR 820, is ISO 13485 certified for medical device manufacturing and has a long history of IVD manufacturing paired with the quality assurance expertise required to meet the demands of the industry.
SAFC Supply Solutions, a customized, total supply chain partner for raw materials, offers over 85,000 products, including 45,000 manufactured in-house. With organic raw materials for pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, IVD manufacturing and Flavors & Fragrances, the business has production facilities in the U.S., Germany, Switzerland, the UK and Ireland.
SAFC Supply Solutions, along with its recent Diagnostics enhancement, is the newest discrete segment of SAFC, joining SAFC Pharma, SAFC Biosciences and SAFC Hitech. For more information about SAFC Supply Solutions-Diagnostics, visit www.safcsupplysolutions.com/diagnostics.
About SAFC: SAFC is the custom-manufacturing group within Sigma-Aldrich that focuses on both biochemical production and the manufacturing of complex, multi-step organic synthesis of APIs and key intermediates. SAFC has manufacturing facilities around the world dedicated to providing manufacturing services for companies requiring a reliable partner to produce their custom manufactured materials.
About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science and High Technology company. Its biochemical and organic chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key components in pharmaceutical and other high technology manufacturing. The Company has customers in life science companies, university and government institutions, hospitals, and in industry. Over one million scientists and technologists use its products. Sigma-Aldrich operates in 35 countries and has 7,000 employees providing excellent service worldwide. Sigma-Aldrich is committed to Accelerating Customer Success through Leadership in Life Science, High Technology and Service. For more information about Sigma-Aldrich, please visit its award-winning Web site at sigma-aldrich.com.
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Frank Wicks
President, SAFC
Tel. 001-314-286-8008
Sean Battles
314-286-7616
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