Lactose
Sheffield™ Bio-Science Ingredients has a tradition of leadership in the pharmaceutical excipient industry. Both monohydrate and anhydrous forms of lactose are produced at a fully compliant FDA registered drug establishment in Norwich, NY. In addition, the Foremost product line is manufactured at a fully GMP compliant factory in Rothschild, WI. Assuring further consumer safety, all ingredients are certified rennet free.
Sheffield Bio-Science Ingredients provides a variety of standard partical sizes to meet formulation needs and has the technical capabilities to partner with pharmaceutical companies to develop customized characteristics for any formulation. Moreover, the Sheffield™ Brand N.F. Anhydrous Direct Tableting (DT) lactose has been recognized since its original patent as the standard of comparison for anhydrous direct compression lactose excipients in the pharmaceutical industry.
Benefits of Sheffield Bio-Science lactose:
- Over 65 years of experience
- Manufactured in FDA registered drug establishment
- Rennet Free
- cGMP Compliance
- The longest reputation for Anhydrous Direct Tableting Excipientst
- Continuous innovation and partnering in development
- Dedicated technical and regulatory experts
- Dependable global supply network
- Product line includes lactose, glycerides and coatings
- State-of-the-art applications labs including coatings
- Fully equipped pilot plant
- Capabilities to coprocess or manufacture drum-to-hopper blended formulations
- Capabilities to collaborate in development from excipient innovation to final coated dose.
The Application of Lactose
Lactose is used at a large scale in the pharmaceutical industy:
- As a filler or diluent in capsules and tablets
- To provide bulk to powders
- In intravenous, intramuscular and subcutaneous injections
- As a carrier for inhalation products
- In infant formulas and in sugar-coated solutions
About Lactose
Lactose is a safe pharmaceutical excipient for use in oral or inhalation formulations and is not likely to consistitute any significant toxicological hazard to man.
Lactose also can be applied as a nutrient and multifunctional ingredient in infant formulas, geriatric, dietetic and health food and may be used in culture media.
Customers that are interested in micronized inhalation grade Pharma grade lactose based on our Sheffield Bio-Science Monohydrate pharma Sheffield brand lactose are recommended to contact Micro-Macinazione, who is an expert in this field,and can give full support recommendations on application and inhalation devices.