Sep 17, 2018   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Avista Pharma Solutions Expands Service Offerings in New England

Avista Pharma Solutions, Inc. (“Avista Pharma”) has announced upgrades to its Agawam, MA facility, increasing its analytical chemistry footprint while expanding its compendial and raw material testing capabilities. In addition to these upgrades, the company has also opened a new office in the Boston Metro area to provide broader cleanroom services and an expanded courier business. The new office is an extension of the company’s microbiology, analytical and cleanroom service offerings at its facility in Agawam and is part of Avista Pharma’s ongoing expansion plan to offer a seamless and convenient client experience.

Serving over 300 customers from its Agawam location, Avista Pharma’s most recent analytical service upgrades position the facility as a preferred provider for pharmaceutical and medical device clients in need of microbiological and analytical testing. These upgrades include a new 950 square-foot laboratory space that will enhance compendial and raw material testing capabilities.

In addition to the Agawam facility upgrades, Avista Pharma recently opened a new office in the Boston Metro area to support the company’s cleanroom service business. The company’s expanded courier service provides time-sensitive sample pickups from client facilities throughout New England, delivering those samples daily to the Agawam facility for testing. Avista Pharma’s cleanroom service team supports pharmaceutical and medical device clients operating cleanroom facilities with services including risk assessments, generation of sampling plans, performance qualifications, ISO room certifications and routine environmental monitoring.

“We are excited to offer a complete suite of analytical testing to our growing customer base and to expand geographically to more efficiently serve our Boston-area clients,” said Patrick Walsh, CEO of Avista Pharma. “This expansion allows us to meet all of our clients’ microbiological, analytical, and environmental testing needs.”

Avista Pharma is currently hiring in both its Agawam and Boston Metro locations. Interested applicants should visit: https://www.jobs.net/jobs/avistapharma/en-us/.

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ABOUT AVISTA PHARMA SOLUTIONS, INC.:

Avista Pharma Solutions is a contract development, manufacturing, and testing organization that understands what it takes to rapidly advance products through every stage of development. With over 200,000 square feet of laboratory and manufacturing space in the U.S. and U.K., Avista Pharma offers a broad suite of scientifically differentiated services ranging from early stage discovery, API and Drug Product development and cGMP manufacturing to stand-alone analytical and microbiology testing support. Led by our broad experience and collaborative approach, we are committed to finding the shortest, most efficient path to success for our clients – success that goes beyond science. For more information on Avista Pharma visit www.avistapharma.com.

ABOUT AMPERSAND CAPITAL PARTNERS:

Founded in 1988, Ampersand is a middle market private equity firm dedicated to growth-oriented investments in the healthcare sector. Ampersand leverages its unique blend of private equity and operating experience to build value and drive superior long-term performance alongside its portfolio company management teams. Ampersand has helped build numerous market-leading companies across each of our core healthcare sectors, including Avista Pharma, Brammer Bio, Confluent Medical, Genoptix, Talecris Biotherapeutics and Viracor-IBT Laboratories. Additional information about Ampersand is available at www.ampersandcapital.com.