BioHarvest Sciences Inc announced that its new manufacturing facility in Israel received the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification from the Israeli Ministry of Health.
The company said that the certification ensures that its factory employs the best practices and that the required quality control and quality management systems are in place across the end-to-end manufacturing process.
"This milestone represents a turning point for our manufacturing capacity and the product delivery commitments we can make to our customers," said Ilan Sobel, CEO of BioHarvest Sciences in a statement.
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He added: "Building a factory in 12 months and obtaining the ISO and GMP certifications immediately proves that the company delivers on its commitments. Now that we have implemented the industrial manufacturing blueprint of our BioFarming technology in 12 months, we are confident in our ability to scale our technology and add on new verticals as in the case of cannabis."
The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said that its new facility will have the capacity to produce over 20 tons/year of VINIA as well as other polyphenol-based products it has in its innovation pipeline.
BioHarvest shared that the pilot production of VINIA in the new facility has begun, and the capacity will be steadily increased each month to meet the growing demands of VINIA's D2C business in Israel, the US, and future global markets.
In addition, the facility will provide important VINIA capacity for key strategic B2B customers such as Designs for Health Inc, who have already in 2021 formulated VINIA into three key new products — NRF2 Modulator, Senolytic Synergy, and Bergavin.
BioHarvest has developed a patented bio-cell growth platform technology capable of growing the active and beneficial ingredients in fruit and plants, at an industrial scale, without the need to grow the plant itself.
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