Offering excellence in contract manufacturing services

Reliability, responsiveness and a strong focus on results: these virtues form the base for Nycomed’s policy of becoming the preferred pharmaceutical company. Nycomed has established itself among the world’s 25 largest pharmaceutical companies and is the 15th largest provider of over-the-counter medicines. Nycomed Global Contract Manufacturing services make the company’s skills, operational excellence and its world-class network available to third-party customers based on a policy of strong partnership and customer orientation.

Bringing Medicines that Matter to Patients and Healthcare Providers

Nycomed provides medicines for hospitals, specialists and general practitioners, as well as over-the-counter medicines in selected markets. Its key products are aimed at gastroenterology, pain management, osteoporosis, respiratory diseases and tissue management. The group employs over 11,500 people and is present in around 50 markets, operating throughout Europe and in emerging markets such as Latin America, Russia/CIS and the Asia-Pacific region. In 2007, the turnover grew three per cent to 3.5 billion Euro (adjusted EBITDA: 1.2 billion Euro), with Germany being the largest market, followed by Russia/CIS, Canada and France.

Ensuring the availability of products and services for customers in the most efficient manner requires an integrated approach. Targeted to meet customers’ needs, Nycomed operates a highly efficient manufacturing network consisting of 18 plants. This network delivers products and services to customers with the right balance of quality, reliability, responsiveness and value. Nycomed’s manufacturing operations provide a competitive advantage through an innovative, global supply chain network.

Nycomed is Dedicated to Providing Highly-Responsive and Flexible World Class Service

As an innovative pharmaceutical manufacturer with established R&D and production expertise, Nycomed delivers operational and manufacturing excellence to its growing list of clients. Every Nycomed partner is guaranteed ‘best effort’ manufacturing: reliable, flexible and efficient pharmaceutical production, backed by a highly efficient supply chain.

Nycomed Operations Network consists of 18 manufacturing sites located in 13 countries, certified by local and global agencies. Many of them operate as ‘competence centres’ providing dedicated capacity designed to service long-term partnerships of five years or more.

Customers profit from strong economic advantages; all operations are based on a lean management philosophy. As part of the collaborative practice, all processes are optimised in an initial stage – be they manufacturing, marketing or distribution – and continuously revised for potential of improvement.

Nycomed Contract Manufacturing Services offers the highest level of customer orientation in terms of reliable communications – clients are linked directly to the operational managers at the manufacturing sites that have been dedicated to their business – a strategic corporate function is available for clients to adress additional needs. However, it is the tailor-made approach to management of product transfer of a committed team of experts that makes Nycomed really stand out.

It is always been Nycomed’s policy that patients deserve nothing but the best in terms of reliability, quality and responsiveness. With its contract manufacturing services Nycomed is willing to share this approach with its customers in a strong and economically sound partnership.