2008

Pharma and Personnal Care December 16, 2008 Advantages of Film Coating with a Novel Modified Starch vs. HPMC (AAPS 2008)
This study presents data supporting the superior compatibility of LYCOAT® in aqueous film coating of tablets with polyphenolic actives, resulting in minimal changes in DT of LYCOAT® coated tablets and significantly faster polyphenol dissolution profiles compared to HPMC.
Paper Corrugating and Adhesives November 15, 2008 Roquette: even more “intelligent” industrial starches
Reproduced courtesy of La papeterie

Roquette reorganizes its industrial starches products for the paper market.
As of December 2006, Roquette’s “Paper and Corrugated Board” activity belongs to the “Industrial Starches” Business Unit (BU), and this has resulted in a reorganisation of the range. An exclusive meeting with those in charge of this BU, who explain their strategy from A to Z.
Pharma and Personnal Care November 5, 2008 LYCOAT® coating suits your plant extract tablets so well ()
LYCOAT® from Roquette does not interact with plant extracts and is therefore a perfect choice for film coating of plant extract tablets. Quick coating time, pH-independent disintegration time and film robustness are examples of some of the other benefits that LYCOAT® offers
Pharma and Personnal Care August 5, 2008 Suitability of different excipients for roller compaction by using a pneumohydraulic single-punch press as a model roller-compactor ()
Roller compaction is increasingly chosen as a standard granulation technique. This technique has several advantages and requires the use of suitable excipients. This article describes the compaction profiles and disintegration results of roller compacted excipients. STARLAC®, a lactose starch compound, is shown to be particularly suitable for roller compaction applications.
Pharma and Personnal Care June 29, 2008 High-fiber white bread is all right, consumer survey confirms
The need to increase fibre in diet is well-known as is the average person’s love for white bread. So, bread enriched in fibre with Roquette’s NUTRIOSE® would seem to be the way to solve this apparent problem… A survey in France showed that consumers approved – très bien…
Pharma and Personnal Care June 2, 2008 KLEPTOSE® native and modified cyclodextrins ()
Molecular encapsulation with cyclodextrins and their derivatives offers attractive and alternative tools to overcome different problems encountered in formulation development.
Corporate January 31, 2008 "Chimie Pharma Hebdo" - No. 410
Succinic acid: DSM and Roquette join forces.