Sharp, a part of UDG Healthcare, has completed the first phase in the development of its new $23M facility in Bethlehem, PA. 

Sharp acquired the new Bethlehem facility for $14M in 2017 and has now completed a $2.5M relocation project, transferring the company’s clinical storage and distribution services from its Phoenixville site. A second phase will see Sharp co-locate its fully-integrated clinical services offering at the site when its packaging, manufacturing and analytical services move to the facility in late 2018, following a $6.4M refit.

The Bethlehem development offers 1.5 million cubic feet of capacity on a 16 acre plot, and will allow the company to increase pallet space for both cold and controlled-temperature storage by approximately 50%. 

Frank Lis, president of Sharp Clinical Services, said, “The Bethlehem facility is a strategically important investment for Sharp. It will allow us to offer greater capacity, scalability and automation in response to growing demand for our services, as well as co-locating our clinical services at one facility.”