About us

We support drug development with small batch manufacturing services at all stages of the drug development process.

The Healthcare Technology Accelerator Facility (HTAF) is an MHRA certified contract manufacturing facility housed in the University of Edinburgh Institute for Regeneration and Repair. Based at Edinburgh BioQuarter we are ideally placed to support academic and commercial partners with bespoke small batch GMP manufacturing services. 

Our dedicated expert team can offer bespoke GMP manufacturing services. 


Expert-led services

The HTAF facility consists on a warehouse, API laboratory, QC laboratory and 3 segregated cleanrooms for the manufacturing of sterile and non-sterile drug products.

There are three key services: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing, Sterile Drug Product and Non-Sterile Operations.

Each laboratory is overseen by highly qualified and experienced chemists, chemical engineers and microbiologists.

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Manufacturing Lab 

Peptide synthesis, small molecule production, and method development/stability studies.

Sterile Drug Product Manufacturing 

Aseptic sterilising filtration and aseptic dispensing.

Non-Sterile Operations 

IMP importation, capsule filling, and over-encapsulation for blinding purposes, labelling and IMP certification.