Evonik Pharma Polymers - Functional Pharmaceutical Excipients and Advanced Formulation Solutions

With its Pharma Polymers product line, Evonik is a major provider of functional pharmaceutical excipients and advanced formulation solutions. Providing a broad range of polymer products, combined with high-quality pharmaceutical services, we are a strategic resource for the healthcare industry for the design and development of pharmaceutical formulations and medical devices.

Coatings and matrix systems for oral dosage forms

Based on our well-known EUDRAGIT® product portfolio, we develop coatings and matrix systems that provide reliable and targeted controlled release of active pharmaceutical ingredients from oral dosage forms. The main functionalities are delayed and extended release as well as taste masking, moisture protection, and solubility enhancement. The flexibility to combine our different polymers enables you to achieve the desired drug release profile by releasing the drug at the right place and at the right time, or over a desired period of time.

Development services for pharmaceutical formulations

We support your development projects all over the world with 50+ formulations experts in our state-of-the-art equipped laboratories located in Germany, the U.S., India, China, Japan and Argentina. Our development services include all steps from early feasibility studies to large-scale production transfer, including clinical supply manufacturing and scale-up support. To support your quality and development processes, as well as your regulatory submission processes, we provide comprehensive data packages as service for our customers.

Beyond that Evonik Pharma Polymers has developed proprietary technologies to enable superior therapeutic success. They include various technology platforms for bioavailability enhancement as well as customised polymer developments. All technologies offer high performance and attractive line extension options.

Biodegradable polymers for depot formulations and medical devices

In 2011, our oral drug delivery platform was complemented by the addition of the RESOMER® polymers, which are used for depot formulations and bioresorbable medical devices such as surgical plates, fasteners, screws or drug eluting stents. Their high level of purity and their excellent mechanical properties provide a comprehensive basis for innovative and patient-friendly applications.

Homopolymers of lactide (polylactides) are mainly used to produce biodegradable implants such as orthopedic fixation devices. Copolymers of lactide and glycolide form the basis for sustained release drug delivery systems. Modification of molecular weight, the monomer ratio or using other monomers provides copolymers with different mechanical and degradation properties.