The two companies will jointly market their services worldwide. Clients of both companies will have access to the full range of technical, operations, and regulatory services of both BioProcess Technology Consultants and L&K Biosciences.
"This alliance will enable us to expand our operations and provide seamless oversight of development and manufacturing programs worldwide," said Howard L. Levine, Ph.D., President of BioProcess Technology Consultants. "We are excited to combine our expertise and long-term success with L&K's European presence and extensive experience in the biopharmaceutical industry."
"We are pleased to be associated with one of the premier CMC consulting firms in the world and look forward to expanding our business and collaborating with BioProcess Technology Consultants to provide value added solutions to biopharmaceutical companies world-wide," said Lars Skriver, Ph.D., Managing Director and Co-Founder of L&K.
BioProcess Technology Consultants' clients will also gain access to the L&K Process Guide (www.bioprocessguide.com) for biopharmaceutical drug development and manufacture, a key reference tool for scientists and engineers involved in process development and scale-up.
"We are fortunate to have expert input from BioProcess Technology Consultants to enrich the next generation of the Process Guide as we continue to build this definitive source of information on the development and manufacture of biologic drug substances and products," said Kim Hejnaes, Partner and Co-Founder of L&K.
The two companies will also integrate their current project management programs and develop sophisticated new tools to monitor all CMC activities throughout the product development lifecycle. These new tools will be designed to improve the efficacy of drug development programs by continuously tracking program activities, budgets, and timelines, and help expedite electronic regulatory submissions through the use of multi-level linked documents and reports.
About BioProcess Technology Consultants, Inc. Founded in 1994, BioProcess Technology Consultants provides a full range of technical, business, and operations assistance to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the development and commercialization of new biopharmaceutical products. The company specializes in helping clients to develop manufacturing processes and strategies and assists in developing product discovery and process development programs that help speed products from clone to commercial.® BioProcess Technology Consultants also helps investors make informed decisions by providing technical and business evaluations of new products and technologies and product discovery, development, and commercialization plans of potential investments and existing portfolio companies. For more about BioProcess Technology Consultants, visit http://www.bioprocessconsultants.com
About L&K Biosciences L&K Biosciences is a consulting company offering advisory services and management of development and manufacturing of biopharmaceutical drugs. Since it was founded in 1998, L&K Biosciences has assisted more than 45 pharmaceutical and biotech companies in the execution of agreed technical and commercial strategies enabling timely delivery of key business milestones. For more about L&K Biosciences, visit http://www.lk-biosciences.dk
