Labtec GmbH, a subsidiary of tesa SE, has opened its new GMP manufacturing facility for transdermal drug delivery systems (TDS) and oral dispersible films (ODF) employing its RapidFilm technology. The facility is located within tesa’s largest manufacturing site, tesa Werk Hamburg GmbH, south of Hamburg, Germany. The production facility provides for industrial mass production and includes coating and drying lines with variable coating widths. The facility has modern slitting machinery and high-precision, flexible converting and packaging equipment dedicated to TDS and ODF. The plant operates with a clean-room environment and is GMP compliant.

Ingo Lehrke, managing director at Labtec said, “It took only one and a half years from the initial planning phase until completion of construction and start of operation of the unit. This quick implementation is the result of an extremely close and dedicated cooperation between experts from tesa, Beiersdorf and Labtec. We are now able to combine Labtec’s pharmaceutical know-how with tesa’s extensive manufacturing expertise to supply our customers with innovative drug delivery products.”