Cardinal Health is the global leader in providing outsourced pharmaceutical development services, drug delivery technologies, contract manufacturing, packaging and product commercialization services, serving the worldwide pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. With proven expertise and a long history of innovation, Cardinal Health helps its customers accelerate their development process, streamline their supply chain, and extend the life of their products. Cardinal Health also offers the broadest range of dose form development and manufacturing options in the industry--from traditional and proprietary oral forms to sterile products, from inhaled forms to topicals.

Development:
Cardinal Health offers a full range of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical development services, such as pre-clinical support, synthesis, analytical services, drug delivery development, clinical manufacturing and packaging services. We also have expertise in inhalation and radiopharmaceutical product development, and can offer innovative cell-line development using our proprietary GPEx™ technology.

Drug Delivery:
Cardinal Health holds more than 1,000 patents and patent applications for drug delivery systems. Our drug delivery technologies include soft gelatin capsules, Zydis® fast dissolve dosage form; EnCirc®, EnVel®, and EnSolv® for oral modified release products; lyophilization; sterile liposomes; inhaled technologies (MDI, DPI, nasal sprays); and topical Microsponge® for timed release and DelPouch® for unit dosing.

Manufacturing:
We provide clinical and commercial manufacturing for nearly every dose form on the market today. Along with our proprietary dose forms, we also manufacture traditional oral dose forms (tablets, capsules, liquids), sterile dose forms (fill/finish in vials, prefilled syringes and bags, including lyophilization and Blow/Fill/Seal aseptic technology), and topical and inhaled forms. We also produce biologics for pre-clinical and clinical studies, and both clinical and commercial radiopharmaceuticals. We can also help improve yields in commercial biologics production using our proprietary GPEx™ technology.

Packaging:
Cardinal Health helps pharmaceutical and biotech companies build strong brand franchises by designing unique packaging solutions that create shelf presence and improve patient compliance. From cartons to promotional materials to printed inserts and labels, we offer expertise and attention to detail.

North America: 1-866-720-3148
14 Schoolhouse Road, Somerset, NJ 08873

Europe: 44-1793-864000
Frankland Road, Blagrove, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 8RU UK

E-Mail: pts@cardinal.com
Web site: www.cardinal.com/pts

Last Updated: 06-22-2006