Technical capabilities of R&D
Fermion’s R&D organization consists of two groups of Synthesis development scientists and two groups Process engineers. These teams are supported by 20 laboratory technicians. For scale-up work the R&D department has a kilo scale unit located in Espoo and pilot scale unit located in Oulu. The pilot scale unit can also be utilised in commercial manufacturing. The total headcount of Fermion’s R&D is 50 employees. Nearly 30% of the scientists have PhD degree.
Fermion’s analytical development team works closely with R&D. Analytical development team is also located in Espoo. All relevant analytical testing equipment are available in-house. The team consists of 12 QC chemists and 12 laboratory technicians. QC organizations of the commercial manufacturing sites are responsible for the adoption of the analytical methods for trial and validation batches.