Open AccessBachem, a Swiss Speciality cGMP-Manufacturer: History and Future Prospects
Author(s) -
Thomas Vorherr,
Fritz Dick,
B. Sax
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/000942905777676957
Subject(s) - production (economics) , core (optical fiber) , business , scale (ratio) , manufacturing engineering , engineering , engineering management , data science , computer science , nanotechnology , economics , materials science , geography , telecommunications , cartography , macroeconomics
This article summarizes the development of the Bachem Group and the ongoing commitment regarding its production facilities in Switzerland. Bachem's core business, the manufacture of peptides from lab scale to market quantities, is explained using showcases to detail the high level of know-how needed to successfully prepare very large biomolecules. Based on these examples, the complexity regarding production processes and allocation of manufacturing sites are elucidated.