Indena

Indena Contract Manufacturing & Development (CDMO) Profile

Headquartered in Milan (Italy), Indena is the leading company dedicated to the identification, development and production of high quality active principles derived from plants, for use in the pharmaceutical industry.

Backed up by a century of botanical experience, 4 production sites and over 1000 high-skilled staff, the company invested a significant amount of its annual turnover in research and technological expansions, making CDMO activities the key to its success and a priority in Indena’s strategic vision.

Custom services and strong partnerships with clients have been a company focus since the very beginning and, thanks to a meticulous activity done over the last 30 years, nowadays those represent one of the Indena’s key strengths.

Today, Indena manufactures 12 commercial HPAPIs from different origin: synthetic, semi-synthetic and fermentation molecules. This positioning has been achieved thanks to Indena capacity to handle HPAPI with an OEL from 1 Microgram /m3 to 20 ng/m3;the onsite availability of complementary technologies such as GMP microbial fermentation/biotransformation, synthesis and extraction capabilities and its qualified and cohesive CDMO team. Moreover, with over 30 years’ experience in the spray drying from organic solvents, Indena has expanded and upgraded its mid- and large-scale spray dryers.

These represent Indena’s major technological pillars securing customized solutions to its partners.

Products and Services:

– HPAPI development & manufacturing (down to an OEL of 20 ng/m3), including ADC payloads

– Fermentation of HPAPI and complex APIs

– Complex API development & manufacturing

– Chromatography services

– Spray drying from organic solvents, also in presence of excipients.

Target Audience:

Indena is looking to connect with biotech and pharma companies that are looking for a CDMO partner for their HPAPIs and complex API small molecules to support for clinical trials (phase I, II and III) and commercialization.

CDMO Services:
API and/or Ingredients Analytical Development; Drug Delivery System; ICH Stability Testing; Process Development

Year Founded: 1921

Head Office: Milano, Italy

Number of Facilities: 1-2

Facility locations: Europe; South Asia

Website: Visit the Indena website

Linkedin: Connect on Linkedin

Current Capacity: Capacities: (From grams to Tons)

-R&D Laboratory

-Kilob lab: 2*28L / 2*65M / 1*22L / 1*65L

-Pilot: 20 Reactors from 35 L to 350L

-Industrial: Reactors in SS , Hastelloy , Glass lined, Chromatographic column 1*1000 L / 2* 2000L / 1* 3 000L / 2*6 000L / 3* 10 000L