International Specialty Products (ISP) has opened a state-of-the-art pharmaceutical laboratory in Istanbul, Turkey.
The 2,700 ft2 facility supports the company's growing pharmaceutical ingredients and service business within the EMEA region.
The facility serves as a centre of excellence for ISP's Advantia tablet coating systems and is equipped to support ISP's Plasdone and Polyplasdone ranges of excipient products. The dedicated laboratory staff can support customer requirements in a number of disciplines including colour matching, pre-formulation, delivery-system design, process improvements, drug uniformity, dosage form development, solubility, sieve analysis, disintegration and dissolution.
"This facility underlines our commitment to the pharmaceutical market and enables us to significantly enhance our technical service offering," said Dr Mark McCart, ISP pharmaceutical new business development director for the EMEA region.
ISP has dedicated the laboratory to the memory of the late Dr Helmut Rackur whose early pioneering work promoting the benefits of ISP excipients was integral to the success of many ISP technology platforms.