The Barentz difference
In the dynamic and ever-evolving pharmaceutical industry, Barentz stands at the forefront of innovation, addressing critical challenges in drug manufacturing and delivery. From improving manufacturing efficiency through advanced direct compression techniques to enhancing therapeutic efficacy by overcoming solubility barriers, Barentz provides cutting-edge excipients designed for superior performance.
How Barentz provides technical assistance to our customers
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Ingredient selection & troubleshooting
Our highly experienced team of pharmaceutical scientists around the globe are readily available to give formulation support and opinion on the selection of applicable ingredients and suitable grades to include in your finished dosage form. If we have sufficient information about your active ingredient, we will also provide input and advice on appropriate manufacturing processes to employ and ways to improve the drug stability in your formulation.
Even when the highest quality ingredients are used, it is inevitable that formulation and production challenges will occur from time-to-time. When they do, our experts are on hand to assist in troubleshooting problems and advise on ways to identify possible causes and achieve a resolution.
When such situations and needs arise, please contact your local Barentz sales representative with the details so they can connect you with our technical team for further discussion and investigation.
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Laboratory facilities & practical customer support
In certain situations, more than theoretical input and advice is needed by our customers. We recognise that the vast majority of pharmaceutical companies prefer to conduct new formulation activities and troubleshoot manufacturing issues internally. Their development laboratories are usually well equipped and highly adapted to support such activities. We also acknowledge the desire across the industry to maintain secrecy and confidentiality at all times.
Nevertheless, we understand that some pharma and nutra companies do seek external support and practical assistance from their distribution partner can be highly beneficial to these customers.
As part of our customer loyalty and commitment, we are able to facilitate hands-on practical assistance. Generally, this can be most adequately provided via interaction with our supplier partners and their laboratories. They have dedicated and high-level expertise and knowledge of their own products which is unsurpassed. However, this level of expertise may be restricted to a specific set of ingredients and associated chemistries.
Situations arise where a more holistic approach is required which isn’t restricted to more than just one or two ingredients in the formulation. That’s why, in some regions, we are pleased to provide customers with a more comprehensive set of laboratory support activities directly through Barentz’ own dedicated pharmaceutical facilities.
Laboratory Mexico
In 2023 Barentz opened a brand-new laboratory, located in the heart of Mexico City. It was designed to encourage collaboration, inspire creativity, and drive formulation excellence to assist in developing the most effective treatments for those people who matter the most: the patients.
Below are just some of the activities we are able to provide at our Mexico lab.
- Formulation concept design & development
- In-house demonstrations and customer training
- In-process quality testing of formulated tablets, including tablet friability, hardness, disintegration.
- Determination and additional characterisation of inherent excipient physical properties
- Pilot scale testing
- Film coating & colour matching
- Product quality & performance troubleshooting
Laboratory India
Our fully equipped laboratory in India, along with a team of highly qualified and experienced scientists offers multiple support activities to our customers in the region, and beyond. The facility incorporates a dedicated Pilot/Scale-up plant with particular focus and expertise in the manufacture of tablets, coatings, pellets, and oral thin-films.
Our pilot area equipment list includes high shear mixer granulator, extruder/spheroniser, fluidised bed dryer, coating pan and mechanical sieve apparatus.
The core competencies of our team in India are able to provide the following services:
- Development of prototypes
- Hands-on, troubleshooting formulation and manufacturing issues
- Analytical method development and technology transfer
- Formulation guidelines to improve drug dissolution profile- immediate release and sustained release
With particular expertise in developing….
- Directly compressible chewing gum formulations
- Effervescent tablets
- Pellet and multiparticulate formulations
Get in touch
Are you interested to find out how we could support your manufacturing challenges? Please challenge our Global Technical & Marketing Director Paul Woodcock.
Paul Woodcock
Global Technical & Marketing Director Pharmaceuticals