CutisPharma, a specialty pharma company with a background in selling kits used by retail pharmacies to compounded medications, has now gotten into the manufacturing side of things itself. The company Wednesday kicked off new manufacturing operations at its Wilmington, MA headquarters. A spokesman said CutisPharma invested $4 million in the FDA GMP compliant facility and is in the process of hiring. It has already added 15 people, bringing its total to 50, and expects to add up to 100 more as its moves for FDA approval of applications for generic drugs. It has worked with contract manufacturers in the past, the spokesman said. Release
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