Best pharmaceutical companies in Gaithersburg, MD

Horizon Pharma USA, Inc. develops prescription drugs for mild to moderate pain relief and arthritis. The company's products include HZT-501, a proprietary fixed dose combination formulation of NSAID and ibuprofen; and HZT-602, a combination oral drug product consisting of naproxen and famotidine. Horizon Pharma USA, Inc. was formerly known as Horizon Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Horizon Pharma USA, Inc. in April 2010. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Deerfield, Illinois. Horizon Pharma USA, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Horizon Pharma plc.

Covance Inc. is a global contract research organization recognized for being the world's most comprehensive drug development company. It has a team of professionals that are dedicated to advancing healthcare and delivering fast and innovative medical solutions to patients and healthcare providers. The company also offers laboratory testing services to the chemical, agrochemical, and food industries. It is also a market leader in central laboratory, toxicology, and discovery services.

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. provides drug delivery technologies and outsourced development, manufacturing, and packaging services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and consumer health industry worldwide. It operates in four segments: Development and Clinical Services, Oral Technologies, Sterile Technologies, and Packaging Services. The Development and Clinical Services segment provides manufacturing, packaging, storage, and inventory management for drugs and biologics in clinical trials. It also offers analytical chemical and cell-based testing and scientific services, respiratory products formulation and manufacturing, regulatory consulting, and biologics proprietary expression technology, and product development. The Oral Technologies segment provides formulation, development, and manufacturing services for the oral dose forms. Its oral drug delivery technologies include proprietary delivery technologies for drugs and consumer health products. This segment also offers formulation, development, and manufacturing services for conventional oral dose forms, including controlled release formulations, as well as immediate release tablets and capsules. The Sterile Technologies segment provides proprietary and traditional dose forms for separate routes of administration. It offers formulation and development for injectable drugs; and fills drugs or biologics into vials, pre-filled syringes, bags, and other sterile delivery formats. This segment's blow-fill-seal technology provides integrated dose form creation and filling of sterile liquids in a single process for respiratory, ophthalmic, and other routes of administration. The Packaging Services segment offers packaging services for pharmaceuticals, biologics, consumer health, and veterinary products, which include packaging drugs in blisters, bottles, pouches, and unit doses; and printed components, such as creating package inserts or folding cartons. The company is based in Somerset, New Jersey.

Eurofins is an international group of laboratories headquartered in Luxembourg, providing testing and support services to the pharmaceutical, food, environmental, agriscience and consumer products industries and to governments.