West Pharmaceutical Services

West Pharmaceutical Services is a global manufacturer of integrated containment and delivery solutions for injectable medicines. The company designs and produces packaging systems and components for pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers, and has operated in the industry for over 100 years. It employs approximately 10,000 team members across 50 global sites and ships about 43 billion components and devices annually.

Its product lines cover the containment and delivery of injectable drugs: elastomeric stoppers engineered for drug compatibility and stability; seals; prefillable syringe systems; self-injection platforms for patient administration; and integrated containment and delivery solutions combining these components into complete packaging systems.

Technical work at West spans injectable drug containment and delivery, pharmaceutical packaging systems, elastomeric and rubber component engineering, prefillable syringe design and manufacturing, self-injection platform development, drug compatibility and stability science, and materials science for pharmaceutical components. The company describes its approach as combining manufacturing excellence with scientific expertise, with a stated focus on quality, innovation and patient safety, and on helping customers bring medicines to market quickly and efficiently.

West serves the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare sectors, with a geographic presence spanning worldwide operations.