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# Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation

Canadian not-for-profit offering integrated CDMO and CRO services for life sciences commercialization

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## Summary

Edmonton-based not-for-profit offering integrated CDMO services in sterile fill-finish, oral solid dosage, topical application, and highly potent controlled substance manufacturing. Also provides CRO research, regulatory and quality, and clinical and quantitative support. Headquartered in Edmonton, Canada.

## At a glance

- HQ country: CA

## Services

- Sterile Fill-Finish & Aseptic Manufacturing
- Oral Solid Dosage Manufacturing
- Topical & Semi-Solid Manufacturing
- Small Molecule Development & Manufacturing
- Controlled Substance Manufacturing
- HPAPI Manufacturing (High-Potency)
- Formulation Development
- CMC Regulatory Submission Support
- Quality Control Testing

## Modalities

- Small Molecule

## Locations

- Headquarters, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

## Long description

## Overview

Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) is described as one of Canada's largest not-for-profit life sciences commercialization organizations. It provides fee-for-service support to help pharmaceutical, biologics, medical device and diagnostics, natural health product, and health technology companies commercialize their products.

## CDMO services

- Sterile fill-finish
- Oral dosage manufacturing
- Topical application manufacturing
- Natural health products
- Small molecule manufacturing
- Highly potent controlled substances

The Drug Development and Innovation Centre is cited as providing significant capacity for formulations and GMP manufacturing, along with licenses relating to cannabis and other controlled substances.

## CRO services

- Research and development: scientific and technical expertise from early discovery through development
- Regulatory and quality: regulatory and quality leadership for qualification standards across development stages
- Clinical and quantitative solutions: clinical, statistical, and modeling expertise across preclinical and clinical development

## Facilities

- Biotechnology Business Development Centre (BBDC): a multi-tenant accelerator for scale-ups
- Pharmaceutical Analysis Laboratory (PAL): characterization and analysis services for API
- Drug Development and Innovation Centre (DDIC): formulations, GMP capacity, and controlled substance licensing

API is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, with a satellite location in Calgary.

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