Divisions > Pharmaceutical > Excipients > Suppository > Overview
Suppository Bases
Through our sister company Gattefossé (UK) Ltd we can offer the full range of Gattefossé suppository bases. Gattefossé are the largest producer of suppository bases worldwide and have a wealth of experience in formulating suppositories.
Gattefosé’s Suppocire® semi-synthetic bases have superior performance features compared with certain natural or fully synthetic bases, these include:
Clinical properties
- Excellent safety and mucosal tolerance due to non-toxicity and non-irritant properties
- Softening and diffusion properties that deliver efficient and uniform drug release
Formulation properties
- Chemically inert and therefore compatible with a wide variety of APIs
- Excellent dispersion of active ingredient in the suppository mass
- Proven physical and chemical stability: colour, odour, drug release profile, low risk of oxidation
Manufacturing properties
- Optimized solidification properties to minimise physical polymorphisms
- Different products provide solutions for a wide range of manufacturing equipment
Technical support
Please contact us or complete an enquiry form to request:
- Our rectal excipients brochure
- Example formulations
- Further product handling, regulatory and toxicology information
- Details of the technical services offered by Gattefossé’s Application Laboratory