Athlone, Ireland GMP Lab

Our good manufacturing practice (GMP) lab is focused on meeting our customers’ needs in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with high-quality analytical testing based in our leading-edge Athlone, Ireland, facility.

As a result of our customers’ confidence in our abilities to deliver global scientific, technical and development expertise, Athlone is our fastest-growing lab location. We have more than doubled the scientific staff and the lab footprint and have significantly expanded the range of services we offer.

Employees at the PPD GMP lab in Athlone, Ireland

From our Athlone laboratory, we provide fully integrated solutions for small molecules/pharmaceuticals, biologics/biopharmaceuticals, and cell and gene therapies.

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sq. ft. of leading-edge lab space

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highly skilled scientists and staff

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years advancing customers’ drug development programs

Analytical testing services

Method development, transfer and validation for inactive ingredients, drug substances, drug products and medical devices
Stability testing and storage
Release and quality control testing
Physicochemical characterization
Extractables and leachables analysis

Industry-leading inhalation testing

Commercial release and stability in the EU
Device performance, aerosol and particle characterization
Dry powder inhalers (DPI)
Pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDI)
Nasal and nebulizer testing

Biologics testing

Commercial release and stability in the EU
Solutions, lyophilized powders, pre-filled syringes (PFS) and vials
Antibodies, proteins, peptides, antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) and gene therapy products (AAVs)
Mass, identity, purity, activity, binding protein content and impurities
Bioassay and molecular biology labs
Oligonucleotide testing

Small molecule and specialty testing

Commercial release and stability in the EU
Tablets, capsules, lyophilized powders, pre-filled syringes (PFS), vials, solutions, stents, catheters and other medical devices
Oligonucleotide analysis
Assay, purity, content uniformity, dissolution, related substances and residual solvent determinations
Identification and quantification of low-level impurities (genotoxic, nitrosamine and elemental)

Our GMP lab in Athlone conducts testing for clinical programs and marketed products across all phases of drug development. This lab leverages more than 30 years of chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) experience and deep expertise of the U.S. GMP lab through integration of data management systems, quality systems and scientific training programs.