# Ritedose wins contract to produce COVID-19 vaccine syringes for ApiJect

The Ritedose Corp. has been selected as a subcontractor to ApiJect for the production of single-dose prefilled syringes to administer COVID-19 vaccines. The work involves repurposing and upgrading equipment to provide capacity to fill and finish up to 45 million prefilled syringes per month, and will involve a significant expansion of Ritedose's Columbia facility.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-11-19
- Where: Columbia, South Carolina, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 45 million prefilled syringes per month
- Products: single-dose prefilled syringes, blow-fill-seal containers
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Ritedose Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/51334.md)
- [ApiJect Systems America, Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/47191.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [postandcourier.com](https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/business/columbia-pharma-firm-wins-contract-to-provide-plastic-single-dose-covid-vaccine-syringes/article_9c5d5c3e-2a86-11eb-86e3-8b20e549c452.html), 2020-11-19: "To me, this was such an amazing opportunity; this is what we're here for, to respond when the nation needs us."

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