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North Chicago, IL, USA Contract Manufacturing Capabilities

AbbVie’s North Chicago facility is situated just minutes away from our Lake County headquarters, approximately 40 miles north of Chicago. This location is where our company’s pioneering history in pharmaceutical development began and is home to one of our synthetic API facilities.

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The North Chicago site manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) through synthetic routes at large scale up to OEB 3. A new state of the art quality control lab is also on-site that serves as the primary release testing site for the region and AbbVie’s global stability labs are also nearby. North Chicago can support your late phase clinical and commercial API needs as it has been successfully audited by regulators worldwide.

Where it all started

AbbVie can manufacture complex multi-step API’s at large scale with batch sizes typically ranging from 100 – 600 kg. The site was designed for manufacturing flexibility enabling multiple chemical processes simultaneously.

Key capabilities include:

Chemical API Manufacturing

Equipment & Manufacturing Unit Operations

  • Reactors up to 12,000 L
  • Filter dryers up to 5 m 2
  • Crystallization with milling technologies

Development and Tech Transfer

North Chicago has a dedicated technical operations team and lab that has experience with:

Expertise

  • Transfer and optimization of new processes including solvent recycling
  • Process optimization including post-approval changes
  • Process and equipment performance qualification and validations

Analytical Transfer and Validation

  • Analytical test method development and validation
  • Product and stream characterization
  • Test method transfer
  • Degradation studies
  • Stability testing

Analytical Testing

North Chicago has an on-site analytical laboratory that can support all of your program’s needs.  Key testing capabilities include:

  • HPLC & UPLC
  • GC-FID/HS
  • Spectroscopy
  • Moisture analysis and KF
  • Particle size analysis

 

 

 

AbbVie’s North Chicago, IL, USA cGMP manufacturing expertise:

Capabilities

Experience and expertise

AbbVie has a network of manufacturing facilities around the world to support projectneeds.  See AbbVie's other locations for additional manufacturing site information and technical expertise.

To discuss how these technologies can benefit your drug development program, contact AbbVie today.

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