DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,216

PHARMACEUTICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ABACUS CORPORATION, APEX
LIFE SCIENCES, AUGMENTATION, INC., RANDSTAD, OQSIE -
OPERATIONS & QUALITY SYSTEMS, BLACK DIAMOND NETWORK, AND
MHP CONSULTANTS
HUNT VALLEY, MARYLAND

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 11, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Pharmaceutics International Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Abacus Corporation, Apex Life Sciences,
Augmentation, Inc., Randstad, OQSIE - Operations & Quality
Systems, Black Diamond Network, and MHP Consultants, Hunt
Valley, Maryland (Pharmaceutics International Inc.). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production, formulation, development, and manufacturing of
pharmaceutical products - solid dose, soft gel and aseptic
products used for human consumption.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of pharmaceutical products have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Pharmaceutics International Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pharmaceutics
International Inc., including on-site leased workers from Abacus
Corporation, Apex Life Sciences, Augmentation, Inc., Randstad,
OQSIE - Operations & Quality Systems, Black Diamond Network, and
MHP Consultants, Hunt Valley, Maryland, who are engaged in
activities related to the production, formulation, development,
and manufacturing of pharmaceutical products - solid dose, soft
gel and aseptic products used for human consumption meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



"All workers of workers of Pharmaceutics International
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Abacus
Corporation, Apex Life Sciences, Augmentation, Inc.,
Randstad, OQSIE - Operations & Quality Systems, Black
Diamond Network, and MHP Consultants, Hunt Valley,
Maryland, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 6, 2016, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 1th day of March 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance