DSM Receives Best Contract Manufacturing Organization Award from Biopharma Asia

PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DSM Pharmaceutical Products, the custom manufacturing and technology business of Royal DSM N.V. (NYSE, Euronext: DSM KON) was recognized at the 2nd Annual Biopharma Asia Industry Awards in Singapore for their end-to-end suite of customer solutions, spearheading contract manufacturing innovations and raising standards in the region.

The awards program was launched to celebrate Asia's evolving importance as a destination for life science partnerships and business activities. According to the sponsors, the award aims to recognize the best contract manufacturing organization (CMO) that has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to improve their contract manufacturing services in Asia and in reducing lead times for its customers.  DSM BioSolutions, the business unit of DSM Pharmaceutical Products recognized, offers CMO development and manufacturing services related to cGMP microbial fermentation with production platforms developed for a variety of micro-organisms ranging from pharmaceutical proteins to metabolites and enzymes.

Additionally, DSM was considered for their ability to scale-up to large scale fermentors, resulting in significantly lower cost-of-goods (COGS); the expertise of the DSM Biotechnology Center, with over 450 scientists active in the field of genetics, strain development, process and analytical development; and a veritable "one-stop-shop" in biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing, including cGMP green chemistry; mammalian cell based culture production of antibodies and proteins; as well as finishing of high-end biopharmaceuticals.

Alexander Wessels, CEO of DSM Pharmaceutical Products, stated, "DSM is committed to providing solutions for the future of biopharmaceutical manufacturing, and DSM is driving sustainability and 'peace of mind' for both small and large molecule production across our pharma offering."  Villaume Kal, Vice President of DSM BioSolutions, commented, "We are honored to receive this distinction by demonstrating our qualifications to Biopharma Asia as a global customer-oriented organization."

DSM also gave presentations on dealing with high risks in biopharmaceutical development and technologies for microbial fermentation at the BioPharma Asia Convention 2012.  The Biopharma Asia Industry Awards are given by Terrapinn Media Ltd., a global business media company.

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For more information:

Guy Tiene
Director, Marketing and Communications
DSM Pharmaceutical Products
tel. +1 973 257 8160
email guy.tiene@dsm.com

Villaume Kal
Vice President
DSM BioSolutions
tel. +31 15 279 2173
email villaume.kal@dsm.com

SOURCE DSM Pharmaceutical Products