Contract biopharmaceutical manufacturing and drug development services
KBI Biopharma operates a vertically integrated CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organization) serving 500+ pharma and biotech clients globally. The tech stack reflects a regulated manufacturing environment: heavy reliance on LIMS, analytical instruments (HPLC, LC-MS, qPCR, SDS-PAGE), and enterprise resource planning (SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Primavera, SAP Activate) alongside operational tools (Jira, Confluence, Teams). Active SAP S/4HANA implementation paired with pain points around cGMP compliance, data integrity, and review-cycle bottlenecks signals an organization modernizing compliance and operational visibility across manufacturing sites.
Notable leadership hires: Facilities Director, Manufacturing Director, Quality Director, Microbiology Director
KBI Biopharma is a privately held biopharmaceutical contract services provider headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, founded in 1996. The company delivers integrated drug development and manufacturing services across process development, analytical chemistry, and cGMP clinical and commercial manufacturing for mammalian and microbial programs. Operations span 1,001–5,000 employees with manufacturing-heavy hiring (39 open roles) focused on senior and director-level talent, complemented by research, finance, and operations teams. The firm is now a division of JSR Life Sciences.
Core analytical instruments: HPLC, LC-MS, qPCR, SDS-PAGE. Manufacturing systems: LIMS, CMMS (Maximo), SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Primavera. Collaboration and productivity: Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams, Office suite. SAP S/4HANA is actively being implemented.
Durham, North Carolina. The company was founded in 1996 and is now part of JSR Life Sciences. All current hiring is based in the United States.
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