An excellent feedstock for high-class pharmaceutical products

Glycerine is one of the most widely used chemicals worldwide in the formulation of pharmaceutical dosage forms. Its main use is as an excipient or inactive ingredient in pharmaceutical formulations. OPTIM™ Synthetic Glycerine has a distinctively high, consistent purity and stability, making it a versatile ingredient in highly sensitive pharma applications. It also serves as a solvent for active ingredients, an antimicrobial preservative, a plasticizer, a viscosity-increasing agent, an emollient, a humectant and a sweetening agent in different concentrations up to 50%.

OPTIM™ Synthetic Glycerine is listed in the U.S. FDA’s inactive ingredients database for use in:

(quote: Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, Sixth Edition 2009, Edited by Raymond C Rowe, Paul J. Sheskey, Marian E. Quinn, Pharmaceutical Press and The American Pharmacists Association, p. 283-286. http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/iig/index.cfm )