Products and Services


Macfarlan Smith is a manufacturer of APIs and specialised pharmaceutical intermediates. It is a world leader in the production of alkaloid opiates and other controlled drugs.

The company operates a state-of-the-art plant to the highest levels of cGMP and offers a comprehensive contract manufacturing facility ranging from the development of novel synthetic processes, through lab scale production to the provision of multi-tonne custom synthesis, including the toll extraction of active principles from natural products.

We offer a comprehensive and confidential contract manufacturing service for products from development through bulk production.

  • process development and optimisation
  • process scale-up and validation
  • stability studies
  • preparation and international submission of Drug Master Files and Certificates of Suitability
  • multi-kilo pilot plant production
  • bulk production
  • extraction and purification or natural products
  • chiral resolution