Ashland

Ashland's pharmaceutical business specializes in high-value applications to fulfill customer needs. Known for acetylenic, cellulosic, and film coatings, their polymers enhance the delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients through expert formulation and process design.

With R&D centers worldwide, Ashland provides innovative solutions and regulatory support to over 1,000 customers globally. Operating in 95 countries, they manufacture in-house, ensuring they meet customer demands efficiently.

Ashland offers a wide range of excipients for oral solid dosage (OSD) and injectable pharmaceuticals, including customized cellulose-based polymers and film coatings. Their ingredients cover controlled release agents, binders, solubilizers, and more, catering to evolving industry needs.

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Ashland's Oral Solid Dosage

Ashland controlled-release agents include:
- Klucel™ xtend HPC
- Benecel™ XRF HPMC
- Benecel™ PH DC HPMC
- Aqualon™ EC
- Aquarius™ control film coating system
- Natrosol™ HEC

Ashland immediate-release agents include:
- Klucel™ HPC binder
- Aqualon™ EC binder
- Plasdone™ s-630 copovidone and Plasdone™ povidone binders
- Polyplasdone™ crospovideone and Polyplasdone™ plus superdisintegrants
- Cavitron™, CAVAMAX® and CAVASOL® cyclodextrins

Ashland film coating solutions include:
- Aquarius™ film coating systems
- Aqualon™ EC
- Klucel™ HPC
- Plasdone™ povidone
- Plasdone™ s-630 copovidone

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