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Patheon Parent Renames Fine Chemicals Unit

dpx-logoDPx Holdings B.V., privately owned by JLL Partners and Royal DSM, has renamed the DSM Fine Chemicals business unit to DPx Fine Chemicals™. This change aligns with the name and strategy of DPx Holdings further supporting the integration of its businesses.

DPx Holdings is the parent company of the Patheon, DPx Fine Chemicals and Banner Life Sciences businesses and is a leading provider of CDMO services, pharmaceutical products for the pharmaceutical industry and select chemical products for other industries. The pharmaceutical API services and capabilities that were offered under DSM Fine Chemicals have been shifted and are now branded under Patheon, supporting the company’s end-to-end development offering called OneSource™. This new offering combines the capabilities and services across the Patheon pharma businesses. OneSource supports pharma companies with fully integrated services based on simplicity, speed and quality founded on industry-leading expertise.

Logo_Tag_3CLR_NEWRegPatheon offers OneSource to customers as a solution for Phase I through Phase II projects, delivering a simplified development process with expertise in drug substance and drug product development. The company’s goal with this offering is to increase the value of its services to customers by provide simplicity, speed and quality with expertise.

The three DPx Holdings business units include:

  • Patheon – A leading provider of contract development and commercial manufacturing (CDMO) services to the global pharmaceutical industry for a full array of solid and sterile dosage forms, including small molecule API and biologic drug substances.
  • DPx Fine Chemicals – A leading provider of high-quality fine chemicals including agricultural and crop protection products, intermediates and maleic anhydride tree chemicals.
  • Banner Life Sciences – Dedicated to the research and development, in-licensing, out-licensing and commercialization of innovative formulation technologies, as well as the marketing of prescription, over-the-counter and nutritional proprietary products.

Patheon is a Founding Member of the Pharma & Biopharma Outsourcing Association. Learn more about the PBOA!