METRICS OPENS EXPANDED NEW ANALYTICAL LAB SPACE

Labs are part of $18–million expansion that will double Metrics’ physical footprint in 2008

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Metrics Inc. has opened its newest analytical lab space, nearly doubling its service capabilities to clients.

Metrics’ four new analytical labs, which came on line last week, boost Metrics’ capacity for service by 40 percent. The labs will be fully operational, validated and ready to handle projects by second quarter 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.”

In addition to including four new analytical labs, the addition to Metrics’ existing 44,000–square–foot pharmaceutical development laboratories includes larger scale manufacturing (Phase III to commercial), stability storage, a dedicated laboratory for cytotoxic and potent compounds, and a microbiology laboratory.

The new lab space is part of an $18–million, 47,000–square–foot facility addition at Metrics that will allow clients to keep development and commercial manufacturing projects under the same roof.

Metrics, headquartered in Greenville, N.C., is one of the fastest–growing contract pharmaceutical development laboratories in the United States. The company provides quality formulation, clinical trial manufacturing and analytical development/validation services to the pharmaceutical industry. To learn more about its facility expansion, visit www.metricsinc.com