DPT Laboratories, Ltd. is a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization

Contract development and manufacturing organization

A Contract Manufacturing Organization, often abbreviated as CMO, and sometimes called a Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization , is an organization that serves the pharmaceutical industry and provides clients with comprehensive services from drug development through...

 (CDMO) specializing in sterile and non-sterile semi-solid and liquid

Liquid

Liquid is one of the three classical states of matter . Like a gas, a liquid is able to flow and take the shape of a container. Some liquids resist compression, while others can be compressed. Unlike a gas, a liquid does not disperse to fill every space of a container, and maintains a fairly...

 dosage form

Dosage form

-Introduction:Dosage forms are a mixture of active drug components and nondrug components. Depending on the method of administration they come in several types. These are liquid dosage form, solid dosage form and semisolid dosage forms. A Liquid dosage form is the liquid form of a dose of a...

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DPT Labs’ pharmaceutical development services include pre-formulation and formulation, analytical method development and validation, stability studies, process development and clinical trial

Clinical trial

Clinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety and efficacy data to be collected for health interventions...

 materials. Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...

 services include pilot and clinical trial material and commercial-scale manufacturing.

History

DPT was founded in 1938 as Texas Pharmacal Company and was renamed Dermatological Products of Texas in 1980. DFB Pharmaceuticals acquired Dermatological Products of Texas in 1990 and renamed it DPT Laboratories, Ltd.

Company Timeline:

• 1938: Founded as Texas Pharmacal Company
• 1966: Acquired by Warner-Lambert
• 1979: Acquired by Alcon
  Alcon
  Alcon incorporated and with corporate headquarters, in Hünenberg, Switzerland, is a global medical company specializing in eye care products. Alcon's U.S. headquarters is located in Fort Worth, Texas...
  
  . Contract manufacturing begins at San Antonio
  San Antonio, Texas
  San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
  
   site. Alcon changes the name to Dermatological Products of Texas.
• 1990: Acquired by DFB Pharmaceuticals
• 2001: Lakewood, NJ site acquired from West Pharmaceutical Services
  West Pharmaceutical Services
  West Pharmaceutical Services is a manufacturer of pharmaceutical packaging and delivery systems. Founded in 1923 by Herman O. West of Philadelphia, the company is headquartered in Lionville, Pennsylvania....
  
  
• 2006: 40000 sq ft (3,716.1 m²) Center of Excellence for Research & Development opens
• 2010: DPT launches expanded sterile capabilities and adds development, testing, and manufacturing capabilities for pMDIs

Centers of Excellence - cGMP Facilities

DPT has cGMP facilities in San Antonio, TX and Lakewood, N.J. which provide pharmaceutical development and manufacturing services for regulated products in semi-solid and liquid dosage forms.

Center of Excellence for Research & Development

Formulation capabilities of the Center of Excellence for Research & Development in San Antonio, TX include aerosol

Aerosol

Technically, an aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in a gas. Examples are clouds, and air pollution such as smog and smoke. In general conversation, aerosol usually refers to an aerosol spray can or the output of such a can...

s, cream

Cream

Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-butterfat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, over time, the lighter fat rises to the top. In the industrial production of cream this process is accelerated by using centrifuges called "separators"...

s, emulsion

Emulsion

An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible . Emulsions are part of a more general class of two-phase systems of matter called colloids. Although the terms colloid and emulsion are sometimes used interchangeably, emulsion is used when both the dispersed and the...

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Extrusion

Extrusion is a process used to create objects of a fixed cross-sectional profile. A material is pushed or drawn through a die of the desired cross-section...

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Gel

A gel is a solid, jelly-like material that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough. Gels are defined as a substantially dilute cross-linked system, which exhibits no flow when in the steady-state...

s, lotion

Lotion

A lotion is a low- to medium-viscosity, topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin. By contrast, creams and gels have higher viscosity.Lotions are usually applied to external skin with bare hands, a clean cloth, cotton wool or gauze...

s, ointments, solutions and suspensions for nasal, ophthalmic, oral, parenteral, pulmonary and topical routes of administration.

Center of Excellence for Semi-solids & Liquids

The Center of Excellence for Semi-solids & Liquids in San Antonio, TX encompasses 3 cGMP (current good manufacturing practice

Good Manufacturing Practice

"Good manufacturing practice" or "GMP" are practices and the systems required to be adapted in pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality control, quality system covering the manufacture and testing of pharmaceuticals or drugs including active pharmaceutical ingredients, diagnostics, foods,...

) facilities with manufacturing, quality control

Quality control

Quality control, or QC for short, is a process by which entities review the quality of all factors involved in production. This approach places an emphasis on three aspects:...

 and micro lab infrastructure

Infrastructure

Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...

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Center of Excellence for Sterile & Specialty Products

The Center of Excellence for Sterile & Specialty Products in Lakewood, NJ contains a microbiology

Microbiology

Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...

 lab and aseptic manufacturing and support facilities for sterile dosage forms.

Dosage Forms

DPT provides formulation services for aerosols, creams, extrusions, foams, gels, lotions, ointments, solutions, suspensions and sprays in nasal, oral, otic, parenteral and topical dosage forms.

External links

• DPTLabs.com http://www.dptlabs.com
• DFB.com http://www.dfb.com