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Qualicaps Of Japan Switches To Cellulose To Manufacture Capsules In Spain

This article was originally published in PharmAsia News

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Nara prefecture-based Qualicaps switched from using gelatin to cellulose to produce capsules at Qualicaps Europe, a Spanish subsidiary that produces pharmaceutical capsules for the European and U.S. markets. With an annual production capability of 12 billion capsules, Qualicaps Europe has been using bovine gelatin to manufacture capsules. Concerned over bovine spongiform encephalopathy, pharmaceutical companies have started switching to plant-based cellulose in new drugs. (Click here for more - Japanese language

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