West Pharmaceutical Services Inc
WST
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc is a Life Sciences Tools & Services company listed on NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC..
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West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of injectable pharmaceutical packaging and delivery systems. Founded in 1923 by Herman O. West and J.R. Wike of Philadelphia, the company is headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania. In its early years of development, West produced rubber components for packaging injectable drugs, providing a sterile environment for the producers of penicillin and insulin.
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