The Ritedose Corp. announced a multi-phased expansion project totaling more than $81 million over four years. The company recently purchased 105 acres from the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus in Richland Northeast, SC.  
 
Scheduled to break ground in the coming weeks, the company is renaming the new property Ritedose Performance Park. When complete, the campus will house nearly 500,000 sq. ft. of space dedicated to the manufacturing, packaging and distribution of pharmaceuticals.
 
The Ritedose Corp. produces sterile, single-dose medication, serving the contract development manufacturing, generics and 503B outsourcing markets. The company’s customers range from small startups and retail pharmacies to large pharmaceutical companies, wholesalers and hospital systems.
 
The first building on the newly acquired property will be a 225,000 sq.-ft. central distribution and logistics center. The land is contiguous to the Carolina Research Park off Farrow Road in Richland County, home to Ritedose’s corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility at 1 Technology Circle.
 
“There continues to be a nationwide surge in demand for the medications we produce — especially for respiratory diseases. The volume of medications we’re producing has surpassed 1.5 billion doses annually, and we expect to produce more than 2 billion doses annually in the coming years,” said Ritedose President and CEO Jody Chastain. “Our production of ophthalmic medications has also rapidly increased due to demand from cutting edge ophthalmic drug developers. I’m incredibly proud of our team for working hard and smart to meet the needs of millions of patients across the United States and doing it with absolute integrity and excellence.”
 
The addition of the facility will add more than 100 jobs to Ritedose’s growing workforce of more than 550 employees.