Thermo Fisher Scientific — Pharma Services (Patheon)
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Thermo Fisher Scientific's dedicated CDMO division, built on the long-standing Patheon brand it acquired in 2017, providing drug substance and drug product development, sterile fill-finish, oral solid dose manufacturing, and clinical supply services from roughly 60 sites worldwide. Founding year left blank because this is a corporate division rather than an independently founded company; its heritage brand, Patheon, dates to 1974.
- Segment
- CDMO / CMO
- Headquarters
- Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
- Website
- www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/about-us/pharma-biopharma-services.html
Notable facts
- Built on the Patheon brand, which began in 1974 as Custom Pharmaceuticals Ltd. in Canada before growing into a multinational CDMO.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific completed its acquisition of Patheon N.V. for approximately $7.2 billion, closing August 29, 2017.
- Operates a large multipurpose pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging campus in Greenville, North Carolina, one of its largest CDMO sites, plus dozens of other global locations under the Patheon/Pharma Services brand.
Sourcing guides
Sources. This profile is compiled from public reference data, WebSearch-verified against source 1 · source 2 · source 3. Data as of 2026-07-14. See methodology.
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