Metrics Expands Lab Space

Metrics Inc. has opened its newest analytical lab space. The four new analytical labs add to the company’s capacity for service by 40%. The labs will be fully operational and validated by 2Q 2008.

     “We have been operating at capacity at Metrics for some time now, so our employees are delighted to have more room in which to work,” said Phil Hodges, president. “We are especially glad that we can offer our clients the greater capacity they want and need.”

     The addition to Metrics’ existing 44,000-sq.-ft. pharmaceutical development laboratories includes larger scale manufacturing, Phase III to commercial, stability storage, a dedicated lab for cytotoxic and potent compounds, and a microbiology laboratory.

     The new lab space is part of an $18 million, 47,000-sq.-ft. facility addition that will allow the company to provide both development and commercial manufacturing projects.