Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) has been selected by Aerie Pharmaceuticals Inc. to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services (EPCM) for Aerie’s first pharmaceutical-manufacturing facility, located in the Industrial Development Authority (IDA)’s advanced technology building in Athlone, Republic of Ireland.
Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs will outfit Aerie’s manufacturing facility for commercial processing of sterile ophthalmic solutions. The ophthalmic solutions will be compounded, sterile filtered and filled aseptically. Aerie’s lead product candidates are new chemical entities focused on treating patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension.