Haupt Pharma has added a new department and separate area for the production and handling of sex hormone-containing solids, such as oral contraceptives, that will go into operation at its Münster plant.

Haupt Pharma will use the new production facilities to manufacture film- and sugar-coated tablets that will be packed in blisters. The new facility follows the closed and high-containment principle to prevent substances from contaminating machinery and the surrounding area, using a dispensing isolator, one-pot dry mixer and wet-granulating equipment, high-containment tablet presses, as well as a film- and sugar-coater. Critical transfer processes will be carried out using containers that allow dust-free loading of the equipment using special valve systems and lifting columns.

The new production facility complies with FDA requirements. Construction of the separate production area for sex hormone-containing solids began in October 2008 and will be handed over to the production department in November 2009.