Swiss CDMO Dottikon Exclusive Synthesis (ES) is in the process of investing around CHF 700 million (€730 million) in new production and drying plants for APIs at its production site in Dottikon. Of this, CHF 400 million has already been spent, with half of the rest coming in the current business year to 31 March 2025.

The Biden administration has announced plans to tackle the US’s dependency on imports for critical medicines, with a new strategy that will seek to drive the ‘reshoring’ of some manufacturing. This follows a multi-industry review of key supply chains, occasioned by an executive order in February.