Ashland combines Advantia and Aquarius coating systems into new integrated product line

Our News Bureau – Mumbai

Ashland Speciality Ingredients, a commercial unit of Ashland has announced an expanded tablet film coatings portfolio as part of its pharmaceutical excipients business. The new product line integrates the Advantia coating systems line formerly marketed by International Speciality Products, which Ashland recently acquired, with Ashland’s Aquarius coating systems line.

“Combining these two great product lines under the Aquarius brand, while applying our polymer know-how to the formulation of ready-to-use film coatings, has led to an extensive tablet coating systems portfolio. Aquarius coating systems will include aesthetic and functional coating solutions for the global pharma and nutraceutical industries. Our offering includes the full spectrum of colours in addition to barrier systems against moisture, odours and tastes, as well as sustained-and delayed-release coatings,” said Timothy Bee, Business Director, Pharmaceutical and Nutrition Specialities, Ashland speciality Ingredients.

“Our technical experts at these state-of-the-art facilities work on customised coating systems, colour matching and trouble shooting, and can also provide tablet formulation development or on-site trial support. We’re committed to aggressively growing our global technical presence and continuing to invest in our technical organisation and capabilities to better serve the global tablet coatings market,” explained Tom Durig, Director, Pharmaceutical and Nutrition Specialities R&D, Ashland speciality Ingredients.

All tablet coating systems will be manufactured at Ashland’s cGMP plant in Wilmington, Del. Ashland Speciality Ingredients provides an unparalleled range of functional excipients for solid, semi-solid and liquid dosage forms. Delivering pharma and nutraceutical performance since the 1950s, it provides solutions for applications in controlled release, solubilisation, binders, film coatings and disintegrants. Ashland Speciality Ingredients creates value for its customers through applications knowledge, market insight, regulatory support and a powerful product portfolio, including Aquarius coating systems; Aqualon ethylcellulose (EC); Aqualon and Blanose sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC); Benecel methylcellulose and hypromellose; Klucel hydroxypropylcellulose; Natrosol hydroxyethylcellulose; Plasdone povidone; Plasdone copovidone and Polyplasdone crospovidone.

Ashland Speciality Ingredients offers industry-leading products, technologies and resources for solving formulation and product performance challenges in key markets including personal care, pharma, food and beverage, coatings and energy. Using natural, synthetic and semi-synthetic polymers derived from plant and seed extract, cellulose ethers and vinyl pyrrolidones, Ashland speciality Ingredients offers comprehensive and innovative solutions for today’s demanding consumer and industrial applications.