Ashland is spotlighting multiple new and optimized pharmaceutical product offerings during CPHI Frankfurt, October 28-30 (booth 8.0Q48) and AAPS PharmSci 360, San Antonio, TX, November 9-12 (booth 2808).
To respond to global customer needs, Ashland has introduced vialose™ sucrose, a high purity sucrose for parenteral formulations that protects and shields biological molecules in injectables. Vialose™ sucrose meets the lowest levels of endotoxins (<0.2 g/EU) and meets NF, EP, JP, BP and ChP monograph specications. The addition of sucrose expands Ashland’s portfolio of vialose™ high purity sugar excipients, which already includes trehalose dihydrate.
These sugars are used in life saving medicines as lyoprotectants and for protein stabilization in monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), vaccines, peptides and stem cells. This growing family of stabilizing sugars demonstrates Ashland’s commitment to delivering high-quality ingredients for the injectable and vaccine markets. Looking ahead, Ashland is planning to bring vialose™ mannitol to market later in 2026, further broadening its offerings to meet diverse formulation needs.
“We’re excited to introduce vialose™ sucrose, our latest premier performance sugar for use in biologic medicines,” said Shawn Branning, global business line owner – cyclodextrins and biopharma, Ashland. “Our high purity sucrose, used to stabilize proteins and act as a lyoprotectant, is tested to meet the lowest levels of endotoxins and ChP monograph specications, making it an ideal choice for use in biologic formulations.”
Within the pharmaceuticals portfolio, Ashland offers an array of oral solid dose (OSD) solutions, parenteral excipients (injectables) and lm coating system solutions that improve, protect, and moderate the delivery of medicines. These ingredients include both time-controlled and immediate-release agents, as well as high-purity and low-nitrite offerings.
To reduce the risk of nitrosamines in drug products, Ashland offers excipients with competitively low nitrite levels to help mitigate associated risks and ensure patient safety.
By providing detailed nitrite specications, Ashland empowers customers to make informed decisions and enhance their own quality control measures. Plasdone™ low nitrite povidone and polyplasdone™ LN crospovidone grades offer a nitrite specication of <100ppb with results reported on every CoA, setting a new benchmark for transparency and regulatory compliance. Benecel™ xr/xrf low nitrite hypromellose offers a nitrite specication of <200ppb with results reported on every CoA.
Ashland solvers are known as the expert’s expert, helping customers solve tomorrow’s challenges today. The company has R&D centers of excellence in every region around the globe. Their iSolve℠ digital portal puts information at users’ ngertips. Ashland has regulatory experts that support customers across all regions and in-house manufacturing, backward integration, sourcing, and delivery in 93 countries and is responsibly solving for healthier lives, everywhere.
“Our newly introduced excipients with signicantly reduced nitrite levels—including plasdone™ low nitrite povidone, polyplasdone™ LN crospovidone and benecel™ low nitrite hypromellose—help our customers mitigate nitrosamine formation in their nal drug products,“ says Caroline Cooreman, director strategy and business development, OSD, Ashland. “Providing high-quality materials that equip our stakeholders to make informed decisions, coupled with superior customer and technical service continues to position Ashland as an industry leader in the pharmaceutical space.”
To learn more or to request a meeting at the tradeshows, visit the CPHI overview or the AAPS overview. For more information on vialose™ sucrose, viatel™ bioresorbable polymers, plasdone™ low nitrite povidone and polyplasdone™ LN crospovidone grades contact your local Ashland solver.
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Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) is a global additives and specialty ingredients company with a conscious and proactive mindset for environmental, social and governance (ESG). The company serves customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including architectural coatings, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care and pharmaceutical.
Approximately 2,960 passionate, tenacious solvers – from renowned scientists and research chemists to talented engineers and plant operators – thrive on developing practical, innovative and elegant solutions to complex problems for customers in more than 100 countries.
