Midland, MI - October 20, 2011
Enhancing product performance, extending product lifecycles and delivering greater value to pharmaceutical companies will be the focus of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) exhibits at the 2011 AAPS Annual Meeting and Expo, October 24-26 in Washington D.C., and CPhI Worldwide 2011, in Messe Frankfurt, Germany, October 25-27. Dow businesses will highlight their wide range of innovations to help pharmaceutical manufacturers improve or differentiate their products on multiple fronts:
- Innovations that improve the safety, tolerability, efficacy, compliance and therapeutic effectiveness of drugs
- Innovations that extend product lifecycle, expertise and know-how
- Innovations that help reduce costs and time pressure, shorten time to market, increase pipeline yield and/or expand manufacturing flexibility
Yet, innovation is only part of what Dow brings to the industry. Experience is also a vital component, and Dow offers more than 100 years of materials science, global regulatory compliance and formulation expertise to help pharmaceutical companies solve new application challenges and support new formulations, product extensions and generics.
Just a few of the items featured at CPhI and AAPS will include:
- CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ Polyethylene Glycols, specialty excipients that enhance the formulation and delivery of active ingredients;
- Advanced release technologies to improve the delivery of drugs from Dow Water & Process Solutions;
- High-purity Propylene Glycol USP/EP approved for a wide variety of pharmaceutical formulation uses, such as a solvent, extractant, emollient, humectant, coupling agent, dispersant and more;
- OPTIM™ synthetic glycerine for increased application safety and performance from Dow SAFECHEM.
For more information about Dow’s solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, visit: www.carbowax.com, www.dowwaterandprocess.com, www.optimglycerine.com, and www.dowpg.com.
About Dow
Dow combines the power of science and technology with the “Human Element” to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, renewable energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow's diversified industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries and in high growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and agriculture. In 2010, Dow had annual sales of $53.7 billion and employed approximately 50,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 188 sites in 35 countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.
For editorial information:
Carlene Eck
Gibbs & Soell
+1 847 519 9150 ext. 2134
ceck@gibbs-soell.com
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