GC Hanford Manufacturing

Hanford Pharmaceuticals, officially G. C. Hanford Manufacturing Company, is a specialized contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1846, it is one of the oldest pharmaceutical companies in the United States and remains an independent, family-owned entity. The company is a leader in the aseptic manufacture of sterile injectable antibiotics, including penicillins and cephalosporins, serving both the human and veterinary pharmaceutical markets. Hanford provides comprehensive services from formulation and clinical-scale production to commercial-scale sterile filling and packaging. Its facilities are FDA-regulated and the company maintains a long-standing reputation for quality in complex aseptic processing.