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International Specialty Products 04/04/2007

ISP announces the opening of a state-of-the-art pharmaceutical laboratory in Istanbul, Turkey.

International Specialty Products (ISP), a world leading supplier of specialty chemicals, recently announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art pharmaceutical laboratory in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2,700 square foot facility will support ISP’s growing pharmaceutical ingredients and service business within the EMEA region.

The facility will serve as a centre of excellence for ISP’s Advantia™ tablet coating systems and is equipped to support ISP’s Plasdone® and Polyplasdone® ranges of excipient products. The dedicated laboratory staff can support customer requirements in a number of disciplines including colour matching, pre-formulation, delivery-system design, process improvements, drug uniformity, dosage form development, solubility, sieve analysis, disintegration and dissolution.

Dr. Mark McCart, ISP Pharmaceutical New Business Development Director for the EMEA region, commenting on the Laboratory opening, stated “ISP’s investment in this facility underlines our commitment to the pharmaceutical market and will enable us to significantly enhance the technical service offering to our customers within the EMEA region.”

ISP has dedicated the laboratory to the memory of the late Dr. Helmut Rackur whose early pioneering work promoting the benefits of ISP excipients was integral to the success of many ISP Technology Platforms and ultimately led to the conception of the Istanbul Pharmaceutical Laboratory.