NextPharma has added a new bottle filling line for tablets at its Göttingen facility in Germany. The 45-meter ‘U-Form’ line is constructed with a separate primary area for filling and sealing and secondary area for labeling and packaging. This new addition also meets GMP/FDA standards.

This line was designed to serve the U.S. market and can fill different forms of tablets, capsules and coated tablets into various forms and sizes of plastic and glass bottles. Currently, the line is set up to provide six bottling formats with the capability to add other formats as needed.Round or square bottles can be bundled or packed directly into boxes on the line and can be sealed with screw caps or press-on caps with tamper proof or childproof sealings. The labeling unit can also provide a number of different formats including a printed Data-Matrix Code.

Bill Wedlake, chief executive officer of NextPharma added “The refurbishment of this facility to provide a center of excellence for the manufacture and packaging of solid dosage forms has been a key priority for NextPharma and I’m delighted that the process is now complete following the arrival of this new bottle filling line. We are excited at the prospect of also serving the U.S. market in this area of contract manufacturing and meeting our customers’ requirements through our expanded capabilities in this excellent facility.”