West PharmaceuticalServices, Inc. has purchased the drugdelivery device business assets of Plastef Investissements SA. Under theagreement West has obtained the right to manufacture the eris safety syringe,a passive safety system for use with fixed, or staked, needle prefillablesyringes. Operations will continue at Plastef’s production facility located inLe Vaudreuil, Normandy, France, which has approximately 75 employees.The eris system for staked needle syringes complements West’sNovaGuard(TM) passive safety needle, which it recently introduced to themarket for use with luer-lock syringes.
