Biocon gets European GMP certification of its insulins facility in Malaysia

Indian drugmaker Biocon’s (BSE: 532523) subsidiary in Malaysia, Biocon Sdn Bhd, has been issued a certificate of ´GMP Compliance´ for its insulins manufacturing facility by the HPRA (Ireland) as the representative European Union inspection authority.

The certificate of GMP compliance reflects that the agency considered the site to be in compliance with the principles and guidelines of Good Manufacturing Practices for active substances, sterile drug products and quality control testing operations. Biocon´s Malaysia facility was inspected by the European Medicines Agency in April 2017.

Biocon Malaysia is one of Asia´s largest state-of-the-art integrated insulins manufacturing facilities, set up with an investment of about $275 million, at the BioXcell Biotech Park in Johor, Malaysia. This is the first overseas biopharma manufacturing and research facility of Biocon and it employs over 600 professionals. The facility is designed to manufacture recombinant human insulin and insulin analogs to cater to the needs of people with diabetes in global markets.