Pharmaceuticals

APIs & Raw Materials for the Pharmaceutical Industry

BASF offers an extensive portfolio of chemical raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry, ensuring the needs of our partners are always met.

Meeting the Production Needs of Our Partners

BASF offers a large variety of chemical raw materials to meet the specific needs of your API production

The company has a broad portfolio of products and services across the pharmaceutical value chain, including a comprehensive portfolio of synthesis tools such as top-quality building blocks, synthetic and protecting group reagents, solvents, high-purity iron salts and catalysts. Customers benefit from the availability at commercial scale of chiral amines, alcohols, epoxides and acids that are marketed under the ChiPros^®trademark and prepared using BASF’s robust technology platforms. Inorganic specialties such as organozinc halide reagents, boranes and a wide range of specialty alcoholates complete BASF’s pharma offering.

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Leading Supplier of Omega-3 and Ibuprofen

BASF is the world’s leading manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) such as ibuprofen and omega-3 fatty acids. BASF has focused on the production of a small selected active pharmaceutical ingredients. The company’s portfolio also includes APIs such as L-Menthol. With a strong international presence, BASF is a truly global partner that can also offer reliable local support.

And thanks to our state-of-the-art production facilities located around the world, we can deliver the products you need – wherever and whenever you need them.

Ibuprofen

For over 25 years, BASF has been manufacturing ibuprofen at its FDA-audited, cGMP-certified site in Bishop, Texas offering a portfolio that delivers unparalleled quality, safety and security of supply.

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Omega-3

BASF has more than 150 years of experience in innovating omega-3 solutions and is your preferred partner for end to end omega-3 solutions.

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L-Menthol

Formulate L-Menthol in conjunction with BASF’s broad portfolio of functional excipients to develop innovative topical and oral dosage forms.

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Excipients for Drug Formulation

Equipped with an in-depth understanding of multiple industries, technologies and applications, BASF has the skills and resources to make drug manufacturing more efficient, robust, and cost-effective. Whether you want to make your medicine more effective, safer, or more patient-friendly, BASF has the solution you need. Find the right answers to your pharmaceutical formulation challenges.

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Cell Culture Processing Aids

With over 50 years of experience in EO/PO chemistry, BASF is committed to providing the poloxamer Kolliphor P188 Bio, which is designed to meet our partners’ needs in quality, consistency and performance. Kolliphor® P 188 Bio is the most pure and consistent poloxamer 188 available. Poloxamer 188 been extensively researched and has been found to be the most effective additive to provide shear protection during manufacturing of biologic drugs in mammalian expression systems.

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Extensive Technology Platform

BASF has one of the most extensive technology platforms for manufacturing specialties for the pharmaceutical industry. These include technologies for chiral as well as achiral intermediates. The technology portfolio spans the whole range from classical to modern technologies like phosgene chemistry and enantioselective biotransformations.

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Leistungsfähige Katalysatoren sind für die Produktionsverfahren in der chemischen Industrie von entscheidender Bedeutung, sowohl aus ökonomischen als auch aus ökologischen Gründen. Mehr als 85 Prozent aller Produkte der BASF werden mit Hilfe von Katalysatoren hergestellt, wobei die heterogene Katalyse mit einem Feststoff als Katalysator im Vordergrund steht. Die Katalysatoren werden individuell an die Erfordernisse der verschiedenen Prozesse angepasst, was in der Katalyseforschung ein stark interdisziplinäres Arbeiten verlangt. Bei der BASF sind derzeit etwa 250 verschiedene Katalysatoren im Sortiment. Sie werden zunächst in den eigenen Produktionsanlagen eingesetzt und wenn sie sich bewähren, auch auf dem freien Markt angeboten.From both economical and environmental viewpoints, effective catalysts are of vital importance for the production processes used in the chemical industry. More than 85 percent of BASF products are produced with the aid of catalysts. The focus is on heterogeneous catalysis that utilizes catalyst present in a solid form. Since catalysts are adapted individually to the needs of various processes, close interdisciplinary collaboration is required in catalysis research. Currently, about 250 different catalysts are available in the BASF range. These catalysts are initially used at BASF's own plants and once proven are sold on the free market.

Catalysts

The Catalysts-portfolio includes fine-chemical-catalysts and a full loop of metals-management-services. With its human nutrition solutions, BASF offers a broad portfolio for consumers’ needs, including vitamins, carotenoids, plant-sterols, emulsifiers and omega-3.