Aphena Pharma Solutions has added cold chain storage and large-scale biologics packaging and distribution in a new, 500,000-sq.-ft. property purpose-built for FDA manufacturing and packaging operations. This new facility is part of the company’s recently announced $21 million expansion of its Solid Dose Division in Tennessee.

Within the new space, Aphena has dedicated 47,000 sq.-ft. to cold chain storage, with 14,000 pallet spaces available. This space offers 24-hour security; redundant power supplies with a failover compressor; temperature mapping and monitoring; automatic alarm notification; and chilled storage and distribution with temperatures ranging from 2o C to 8o C refrigerated and -10o C to -18o C frozen.

“This addition of cold chain storage, turnkey biologics packaging and distribution services establishes Aphena’s position as a top contender in the pharmaceutical contract service space,” said Eric Allen, Aphena’s EVP of Sales. “These new service offerings, on top of our recently expanded solids and liquids operations, will continue to bring added value to future and current customers worldwide.”