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About Pharmaloz

Over 35 years of dedicated lozenge manufacturing. A new chapter starting in 2025.

Pharmaloz is one thing:
a dedicated lozenge contract manufacturer.

We have been manufacturing lozenges in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, since 1985. Everything we know, everything we have built, and everything we have invested is focused on doing one thing exceptionally well.

A NEW CHAPTER

New Ownership. Renewed Investment. The Same Commitment to Quality.

In January 2025, Pharmaloz was acquired by a private family ownership group with a long-term vision for the business.

Their first move was a $10 million investment in the facility: new cooking silos, a complete cooking kit overhaul, and robotic packaging automation. That investment signals exactly what kind of partner Pharmaloz intends to be going forward.

  • Private family ownership with a personal stake in performance
  • $10M facility investment completed in 2025
  • New cooking infrastructure and robotic packaging automation
  • A long-term growth mindset, not a short-term financial play
1949
Simon Candy founded in Elizabethtown, PA
1962
Transition from chocolate to hard candy manufacturing
1974
Acquired by John and Eleanor Hess, expanded into organic candies and lozenges under the JoEl brand
1984
Pharmaloz spun off as a standalone dedicated lozenge manufacturer
1985
Lebanon, PA facility opens
ProPhase Labs era
Pharmaloz manufactures Cold-EEZE zinc lozenges and expands third-party CDMO operations
January 2025
Acquired by private family ownership, $10M facility investment begins
OUR HISTORY

Where We Come From

The roots of Pharmaloz go back to 1949, when Simon Candy was founded in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania as a chocolate manufacturer.

Over the following decades, the business evolved through several owners and formats before Pharmaloz was spun off in 1984 as a dedicated lozenge manufacturing company, opening its Lebanon, Pennsylvania facility in 1985.

WHAT WE STAND FOR

One Product. One Standard.

Pharmaloz has never tried to be everything to everyone. We manufacture lozenges and nothing else.

That focus is a deliberate choice. It means our team, our processes, our certifications, and our facility are all built around one product category. When you work with us, you get the full depth of that expertise applied to your product.

35+ years

Of dedicated lozenge manufacturing experience

Pharmaceutical-grade compliance

As the baseline, not the exception

Experience

A team that knows the lozenge category better than any generalist CDMO

Transparent

Relationship-driven partnerships with every client we work with

60,000+ sq ft

Of climate-controlled manufacturing and warehousing space

Located at

500 N 15th Ave, Lebanon, PA 17046

Direct access

To I-78, I-81, and I-83 for efficient nationwide distribution

On-site raw material

And finished goods warehousing

On site

Full quality control laboratory

OUR FACILITY

Built for Lozenge Manufacturing at Every Scale

Our 60,000+ sq ft climate-controlled facility in Lebanon, Pennsylvania is purpose-built for lozenge production at scale.

It is large enough to handle high-volume contract manufacturing runs, and precise enough to deliver the consistency that specialty and custom products demand.

OUR CERTIFICATIONS

The Credentials That Back Up Every Product We Make

Pharmaloz holds a combination of manufacturing certifications that is rare in the lozenge CDMO space.

These are not marketing credentials. They are independently verified standards that your product carries when it leaves our facility.

  • FDA Registered Facility under 21 CFR Parts 210 and 211
  • QAI-Organic Certification
  • cGMP Certified manufacturing
  • USDA Organic Certified
  • Kosher Certified
  • UL Certified
  • Non-GMO
  • Made in the USA