West’s R&D team which is a part of our Research & Development organization, focuses on getting closer to customers and patients by identifying unmet needs and developing new integrated containment and delivery solutions focused on West's core market segments.

The mission of R&D is to organize and lead development of integrated containment and delivery solutions, identify, develop, and refine emerging technologies in the healthcare space, work with commercial to identify market opportunities, and work with global operations to ensure effective and efficient scale up of new products and assist the company in achieving goals for quality, lean initiatives, cost reduction and safety.