Capsugel
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| Private | |
| Industry | Health Care |
| Founded | Detroit, Michigan 1931 |
| Headquarters | Morristown, New Jersey |
| Products | Drug capsules |
| Parent | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| Website |
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Capsugel is a company that manufactures and sells drug capsules. Capsugel also sells equipment for filling empty and liquid capsules, as well as equipment for sealing liquid capsules.
History
Capsugel was founded in 1931 in Detroit, Michigan as a division of Parke-Davis, after Arthur Colton designed a machine which simultaneously manufactured the body and caps of a hard gelatin capsule, and fit them together. In 1970, Parke-Davis, including Capsugel, was acquired by Warner Lambert, which was acquired by Pfizer in 2000. On 1 August 2011, Pfizer sold Capsugel to global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for $2.38 billion.[1]
Products
Coni-Snap
Coni-Snap capsules are Capsugel's most widely recognized product, a standard two-part hard gelatin capsule that are usually filled with either powder or granules (though they can also be filled with pellets, tablets, pastes, or liquids). Coni-Snap capsules are distributed in multiple sizes and colors.[2]
The body section of the Coni-Snap design has a tapered rim to facilitate encapsulation on high-speed capsule-filling machines. It has a dual snap-ring locking system that provides an initial attachment prior to capsule filling and a final closure of the filled capsule. The Coni-Snap design also includes air vents to avoid unwanted air compression within the capsule during high speed filling.
DBcaps
DBcaps capsules are a line of capsules designed specifically for use in double-blind studies. These opaque capsules are large enough to encapsulate a range of tablet sizes, so splitting or grinding is not required, reducing variability in the study. The DBcap capsule design also incorporates a locking design to prevent the participants from opening the capsules and breaking the blind.[3]
Vcaps
Vcaps capsules are a two-piece capsule made of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, a cellulose-based raw material. They were designed to meet restrictive dietary needs, and are thus gluten-free, vegan, kosher, and halaal.[4]
Licaps
Licaps capsules are two-piece gelatin or hydroxypropyl methylcellulose capsules designed specifically for containing liquids or semi-solids. Licaps can be used when drugs' ingredients are more stable as a liquid, such as in dietary supplements.[5]
Facilities
Capsugel, while headquartered in the United States, has bases in 12 countries. Capsugel's corporate headquarters are in Morristown, New Jersey.
Capsugel has research and development labs in:
- Illkirch, France
- Greenwood, South Carolina
- Colmar, France
- Bornem, Belgium
It has major production facilities in:
The Americas
- Greenwood, South Carolina
- Puebla, Mexico
Europe
- Ploërmel, France
- Colmar, France
- Bornem, Belgium
Asia
Notes
- ↑ Bonds, Shannon; Jack, Andrew (4 April 2011). "KKR to buy Pfizer's capsule unit for $2.4bn". The Financial Times.
- ↑ "Coni-Snap Hard Gelatin Capsules". Capsugel.
- ↑ "DBcaps Over-encapsulation Capsules". Capsugel.
- ↑ "Vcaps & Vcaps Plus Plant-based Capsules". Capsugel.
- ↑ "Licaps Liquid-filled Capsules". Capsugel.
