Sterling Pharma Solutions
Contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) with five decades of experience in active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) development and manufacture. Operates a network of facilities across the UK, US and EU and provides integrated services from route design and process development through clinical supply and commercial cGMP manufacture. Technical strengths include hazardous chemistry and formal hazard evaluation, high- and ultra-high-potency API handling with multi-layered containment, continuous flow chemistry, biocatalysis, peptide synthesis and preparative chromatography, ADC bioconjugation, particle-size engineering, chiral chemistry and analytical method development. Maintains an on-site hazard evaluation team and laboratory with over 30 years of process-safety experience.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
Very Large (1000+)
Sterling Pharma Solutions
Dudley, England, United Kingdom
Products
API Development and Manufacturing Services
Comprehensive API development and manufacturing services supporting products from preclinical through to phase II, delivering expert chemistry solutions for pre-clinical and early phase clinical supply.
API Development and Manufacturing Services at Cramlington, UK
API development and manufacturing facilities located in Cramlington, UK, supporting projects from grammes to tonnes, including clinical trial manufacture and commercial supply with specialisation in hazardous chemistry.
High Potency
Custom CDMO services for the development, scale-up, and cGMP manufacturing of high and ultra-high potency APIs (HPAPIs) utilizing multi-layered engineered containment and flexible asset configurations.
High Potency APIs
Specialized support for highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients under development.
Wisconsin Facility
Provides API clinical and commercial phase manufacturing services, including high potency API manufacturing, equipped with plant scale hydrogenation and cryogenics.
Wisconsin Facility API Development and Manufacturing
Full API development and manufacturing facility providing services from grammes to tonnes across all phases of the molecule lifecycle, including specialist high potency capabilities and controlled substance handling.
API Development and Manufacturing Services
Comprehensive API development and manufacturing services supporting products from preclinical through to phase II, delivering expert chemistry solutions for pre-clinical and early phase clinical supply.
API Development and Manufacturing Services at Cramlington, UK
API development and manufacturing facilities located in Cramlington, UK, supporting projects from grammes to tonnes, including clinical trial manufacture and commercial supply with specialisation in hazardous chemistry.
High Potency
Custom CDMO services for the development, scale-up, and cGMP manufacturing of high and ultra-high potency APIs (HPAPIs) utilizing multi-layered engineered containment and flexible asset configurations.
High Potency APIs
Specialized support for highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients under development.
Wisconsin Facility
Provides API clinical and commercial phase manufacturing services, including high potency API manufacturing, equipped with plant scale hydrogenation and cryogenics.
Wisconsin Facility API Development and Manufacturing
Full API development and manufacturing facility providing services from grammes to tonnes across all phases of the molecule lifecycle, including specialist high potency capabilities and controlled substance handling.
Services
Route scouting, medicinal and process chemistry, DOE-based process optimisation and support for preclinical-to-clinical transition.
Clinical and commercial GMP manufacture of small-molecule APIs, including specialised chemistries, configurable containment for potent compounds and campaign manufacturing across global facilities.
Analytical method development and validation, impurity identification and characterisation, stability-indicating methods, forced degradation studies, PGI assessment aligned with ICH M7, and routine QC testing across the molecule lifecycle.
End-to-end manufacturing support for scheduled substances including licensing support, secure storage and inventory systems, regulatory liaison, and documented waste disposal and chain-of-custody controls.
Specialist hazardous-chemistry services including hazard evaluation, specialised equipment and controlled diazomethane generation workflows for safe, scalable API reactions.
ADC bioconjugation services and cGMP clinical manufacturing with isolator-based operations, buffer preparation capacity, TFF and preparative chromatography to support conjugation and analytical workflows.
Route scouting, medicinal and process chemistry, DOE-based process optimisation and support for preclinical-to-clinical transition.
Clinical and commercial GMP manufacture of small-molecule APIs, including specialised chemistries, configurable containment for potent compounds and campaign manufacturing across global facilities.
Analytical method development and validation, impurity identification and characterisation, stability-indicating methods, forced degradation studies, PGI assessment aligned with ICH M7, and routine QC testing across the molecule lifecycle.
End-to-end manufacturing support for scheduled substances including licensing support, secure storage and inventory systems, regulatory liaison, and documented waste disposal and chain-of-custody controls.
Specialist hazardous-chemistry services including hazard evaluation, specialised equipment and controlled diazomethane generation workflows for safe, scalable API reactions.
ADC bioconjugation services and cGMP clinical manufacturing with isolator-based operations, buffer preparation capacity, TFF and preparative chromatography to support conjugation and analytical workflows.
Expertise Areas
- API development and manufacturing
- High-potency API containment and manufacture
- Controlled-substance handling and regulated logistics
- Hazardous chemistry and hazard evaluation
Key Technologies
- HPLC / UHPLC (DAD, ELSD, CAD, fluorescence detectors)
- GC and GC-MS
- LC-MS workflows for impurity and DAR analysis
- Multinuclear NMR (200–500 MHz)
News & Updates
Company exhibiting at Tides Europe with staff available to meet at the conference (11–13 November 2025).
Company exhibiting at BOS Manchester (25–26 November 2025) with specified staff attending for meetings.
Article on linker and payload technology relevant to ADCs and bioconjugation.
Technical article addressing analytical approaches for HPAPI assay and impurity characterisation across clinical phases.
Corporate announcement naming a new chief executive officer.
Company exhibiting at Tides Europe with staff available to meet at the conference (11–13 November 2025).
Company exhibiting at BOS Manchester (25–26 November 2025) with specified staff attending for meetings.
Article on linker and payload technology relevant to ADCs and bioconjugation.
Technical article addressing analytical approaches for HPAPI assay and impurity characterisation across clinical phases.
Corporate announcement naming a new chief executive officer.