Healthcare

Pharma Excipients

Contributing to your drug product.

With more than 50 years of knowledge about production of cellulose ether excipients, Shin-Etsu makes a valuable contribution in several areas of pharmaceutical technology. Shin-Etsu produces pharmaceutical excipients in Japan and Germany with highest quality standards. 

 

Pharma Excipients
Pharma products with Tylopur® excipients

We provide:

  • Hypromellose low viscosity under our brands PHARMACOAT® and TYLOPUR® for film coating and granulation.
  • Methyl cellulose Metolose® SM-4, a polymer for pellet coating to reduce stickiness issues
  • Hypromellose METOLOSE® and TYLOPUR® for thickening and METOLOSE® SR and TYLOPUR® SR grades for extended release matrix tablets.
  • HPMCP and Shin-Etsu AQOAT® HPMCAS for enteric coating. Additionally, Shin-Etsu AQOAT® is the leading polymer for amorphous solid dispersion technology and was invented by Shin‑Etsu more than 30 years ago.
  • L-HPC (low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose), a dual-functionality excipient that works as binder and disintegrant in tablets
  • SmartEx®. A highly functional co-processed excipient for direct compression of oral dispersible tablets
 

Areas of application

Shin-Etsu excipients are widely used in oral solid dosage forms and oral liquid dosage forms. For more information about our solutions and recommended grades, please select your application.


Get to know our technical laboratory in Wiesbaden (Germany)

As a part of the Shin-Etsu network we continouously try to develop customized solutions. Our application knowledge is shared all over the world in conferences, seminars and in direct contact with our customers.

 

Through proven methods and innovative research, we are constantly improving our products to satisfy our partners and customers.

 

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