<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-16-039237.txt : 20160913
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160913082326
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-16-039237
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160912
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160913
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160913

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000105770
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FABRICATED RUBBER PRODUCTS, NEC [3060]
		IRS NUMBER:				231210010
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		530 HERMAN O. WEST DRIVE
		CITY:			EXTON
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19341
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6105942900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		530 HERMAN O. WEST DRIVE
		CITY:			EXTON
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19341

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WEST CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990405

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Pucci Paolo
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001436861

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08036
		FILM NUMBER:		161882033

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ARQULE, INC.
		STREET 2:		1 WALL STREET, 6TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BURLINGTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01803
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<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-09-12</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000105770</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WST</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001436861</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Pucci Paolo</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>530 HERMAN O. WEST DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>EXTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19341</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>poa.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Susan Pilotti as Agent for Paolo Pucci</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-09-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa.txt
<TEXT>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, NC.
SECTION 16(a) FILNGS
Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Susan Pilotti, Ryan M. Metz, George L. Miller and Joanne K. Boyle,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) Execute for and on behalf ofthe undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer, director and/or shareholder ofWest Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
(the "Company'), Forms 3, 4, and 5 and amendments thereto in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5
or amendment thereto and timely file such form with the United States Securities
  and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3) Take any other action of any type whatsoever, which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing
  authority, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf ofthe undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve.
The undersigned hereby gants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
  could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
  hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-infact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
  such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transaction in securities of the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed wHting delivered to the foregoing
  attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attomey may be filed with the SEC as a
confirming statement of the authority granted herein.
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power ofAttorney to be executed
  as of this 12th day of September 2016.

Paolo Pucci
4839-4781-1640, v. 1
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