Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing
Grand Rapids, MI, U.S. | |
Key people | Tom Ross, CEO[1] Nick Bykerk vice president of finance[2] |
|---|---|
| Services | Clinical and commercial sterile manufacturing |
Number of employees | 200(2020)[3] |
| Website | grandriverasepticmfg |
Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (GRAM) is a clinical and commercial sterile manufacturing contractor to the pharmaceutical industry. It has
History
GRAM was founded in 2010 by Van Andel Institute and Grand Valley State University.[1]
In 2017, Arlington Capital Partners, a private equity firm in Washington, D.C. took a majority ownership stake in GRAM.[2]
In June 2020, GRAM finished a $60 million expansion to install a 61,500-square-foot fill-finish injectable facility on the same site to triple GRAM's manufacturing footprint to more than 100,000 square feet of production space.[4]
In 2020,
In 2022 GRAM was contracted by HHS to fill and finish 2.5 million of the 5.5 million vials of JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine ordered by the Department of Health and Human Services.[5]
COVID Vaccine facility
In June 2020, GRAM finished a $60 million expansion to install another fill-finish injectables facility with the plan to market it to U.S. drugmakers.[4] The 61,500-square-foot facility included in that expansion tripled GRAM's manufacturing footprint to more than 100,000 square feet of production space.[4]
GRAM chose SKAN isolators, a Bausch+Ströbel filler and an IMA lyophilizer.[2][4] The facility was qualified in July 2020.[6]
In August 2020, BARDA awarded GRAM a one-year, $160 million contract to provide fill and finish services for vaccines in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[7]
In September, GRAM agreed with
Awards
In 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 Inc. Magazine ranked GRAM as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in America.[3] The company won West Michigan's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2017 and 2020.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Martinez, Shandra. "Ex-Perrigo VP promoted to CEO of Grand Rapids medical supplier".
- ^ a b c "GRAM Continues Aggressive Expansion in Parenterals".
- ^ a b c "GRAM website". GRAM.
- ^ a b c d Blankenship, Kyle. "Johnson & Johnson signs on Michigan's Grand River to help with COVID-19 vaccine finishing work".
- ^ "U.S. facility to help fill HHS monkeypox vaccine order". American Hospital Association. August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ "AEC Firms Aid Virus Vaccine 'Warp Speed' Market Push".
- ^ "Army Taps Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing for $160M COVID-19 Vaccine Production Support Contract".
- ^ "Ramping Up COVID-19 Vaccine Fill and Finish Capacity".