Fine Pharmaceuticals since 1927
GEA Pharmaceutical A/S as a member of the PharmaZell group provides vertically integrated
development programs covering pharmaceutical development, finished dosage forms, API development
to API production, including regulatory documentation, procedures and strategies, all on one site.
GEA Pharmaceutical A/S was formed as a spin-off company from Novartis/Sandoz during 2007, consisting
of the site, the API production, the pharmaceutical development, analytical, bioanalytical,
clinical research, intellectual property and regulatory affairs departments of the former GEA, the
core of a leading Scandinavian pharmaceutical company. In June 2007 Pharmazell acquired
from Sandoz a controlling stake in GEA Pharmaceutical located in Copenhagen, Denmark. GEA’s broad
capabilities in finished dosage form development and its experience in controlled substances
complement now the portfolio of services and products that Pharmazell offers to its clients.
After being a core pharmaceutical development center within the Hexal/Sandoz organization, GEA offers now its
development skills and fully integrated services as a contract research organization to start-up, generic
and originator companies:
• Drug Product Development
• Analytical Development
• Bioequivalence Studies
• API R&D Laboratory
• API Multipurpose Production
• Regulatory Affairs
• Intellectual Property
• Project Management
• QA/QC
GEA Pharmaceutical A/S provides high quality services at affordable prices to its clients. The business is
determined to grow through continued investments in new and
existing service areas. GEA Pharmaceutical A/S within the PharmaZell group offers to its clients
standard and custom made APIs and intermediates from lab to large scale as well as all chemical,
all kind of pharmaceutical development services, management of nonclinical and clinical development,
nonclinical and clinical bioanalytics, and regulatory activities worldwide required to bring a
pharmaceutical product to the market. PharmaZell develops innovative processes for APIs and
Intermediates through its R&D groups that cover all scales from laboratory to commercial production.
GEA Pharmaceutical A/S serves its clients through the worldwide sales organization of PharmaZell,
providing fast and competent solutions. GEA Pharmaceutical A/S and PharmaZell operate
cGMP sites in Chennai/India, Copenhagen/ Denmark and Raubling/Germany with a total of about 330
employees. An additional site is currently being developed in Vizag/India. The combination of
European and Indian sites generates flexibility in manufacturing capacities and attractive cost
structures.
GEA Pharmaceutical A/S’s quality assurance and regulatory departments ensure full regulatory and GMP
compliance. The group regularly passed FDA inspections during the last 20 years. All sites have been
inspected by European authorities and GMP certificates are available for all APIs. GEA's quality
assurance and regulatory departments ensure full regulatory compliant dossiers and cGMP compliant
production of clinical trial batches.



