Icon changes the face of compounding in New Zealand

Today Slade Health, part of Icon Group, announced it has entered into a long-term agreement with Te Toka Tumai Auckland (formerly Auckland District Health Board) to provide sterile compounding services to meet the growing needs of cancer patients in the region. This agreement will see Slade design, build and operate a world-class, GMP (Medsafe) licensed sterile compounding facility delivering chemotherapy, antibiotics, analgesics and nutritional infusions for public and private hospitals across New Zealand.

Slade Health is Australia’s largest sterile chemotherapy compounder with a strong 50-year history in the pharmaceutical industry.

Built on a strong vision to deliver the best cancer care possible closer to home, Icon has seen rapid expansion in international markets across the last five years including bringing cancer services into New Zealand and Asia.

“This is a significant partnership for the whole Icon Group network and another major milestone in the group’s ongoing growth internationally, building on our presence in Singapore, Mainland China, Hong Kong and New Zealand. The international expansion of licensed compounding facilities signifies our endless drive to increase access to world-class cancer treatment and bring more care to people who need it most,” said Mark Middleton, global CEO of Icon Group.

The facility will be located at Avondale in Auckland and is expected to be fully operational by mid-2022.