Preview of Our Shiny New Expansion


MedPharm employees celebrated a private opening of $4m expansion of laboratory facility in Durham, NC

MedPharm, the leader in topical and transdermal drug delivery contract services, has celebrated the opening of its newly expanded facility in Durham NC, in the heart of Research Triangle Park.

The $4 million investment has tripled the company’s existing footprint in the US and creates space for over 100 new, highly skilled scientific positions. The laboratory expansion includes new pre-formulation / formulation development services, analytical, histology and microbiology suites enabling MedPharm to offer a broader range of services to its customers. 

“This expansion underlines MedPharm’s commitment to offer world-leading services to our clients globally”, stated Eugene Ciolfi, MedPharm’s President and CEO at the opening event.

“It enables MedPharm to expand its service offerings and stay at the forefront of technological advances, so we continue to offer our clients the best solutions for de-risking their development programs.” The facility has been designed to streamline workflows and optimize MedPharm’s ability to meet the growing demand for its services.

Unique to the organization, the new facility has a dedicated innovation laboratory for custom development of performance testing models and systems. This initiative means that the company can continue its pioneering approach to solving project-specific problems for its customers and stay at the forefront of the latest scientific breakthroughs and technology.

About MedPharm
MedPharm is the world’s leading contract provider of topical and transdermal product design and formulation development services. MedPharm is experts at reducing risk and accelerating development times for generic and proprietary pharmaceutical customers through their unique, cost-effective and industry-leading performance testing models. Well established as the global leaders in dermatology, nail, mucosal membrane, and transdermal product development, MedPharm can also offer innovative solutions for ophthalmic and airway preparations recognised for their scientific rigour by regulators and investors. MedPharm has fully established Centers of Excellence in the USA and the UK.