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PHARMA

mineral raw materials for the pharma industry

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Your distributor for pharmaceutical raw materials 

At MAGNESIA, we are your reli­able and inter­na­tion­al sup­pli­er of high-qual­i­ty phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal raw mate­ri­als, excip­i­ents and active ingre­di­ents. We have been sup­ply­ing com­pa­nies in the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal indus­try with min­er­al com­pounds based on mag­ne­sium, cal­ci­um, potas­si­um, sodi­um, zinc and oth­er ele­ments for 40 years. As a cer­ti­fied dis­trib­u­tor of active ingre­di­ents, we always keep an eye on the strict require­ments of Good Man­u­fac­tur­ing Prac­tice (GMP) and Good Dis­tri­b­u­tion Prac­tice (GDP).

Dis­cov­er our exten­sive prod­uct port­fo­lio for the pro­duc­tion of tablets, cap­sules, oint­ments and oth­er phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal prod­ucts. Con­tact us to learn more and find cus­tomized solutions.

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Mineral raw materials for your medicines 

Our high-qual­i­ty min­er­al raw mate­r­i­al com­pounds can be used in a vari­ety of ways with­in the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal indus­try, both as active ingre­di­ents and as excip­i­ents for var­i­ous dosage forms. For exam­ple for:

Sol­id dosage forms:

Pills

Dragées

Cap­sules

Gran­u­lates and pow­der mixtures

Semi­sol­id dosage forms:

Salves

Creams

Pastes

Liq­uid dosage forms:

Sus­pen­sion

Emul­sion

Injec­tion solution

Infu­sion solution

Oth­er dosage forms:

Lozenges

Effer­ves­cent tablets

Effer­ves­cent powder

Sup­pos­i­to­ry

Is your phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal prod­uct in the devel­op­ment phase? We are hap­py to sup­port you with detailed infor­ma­tion and sam­ples. Please feel free to con­tact us!

PHARMACEUTICAL RAW MATERIALS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL

Your supplier for the pharmaceutical industry

High-quality components: Your basis for safe medicines

From our exten­sive port­fo­lio of mag­ne­sium, cal­ci­um, potas­si­um, sodi­um, zinc and oth­er min­er­al com­pounds, we pro­vide you with the fol­low­ing spe­cif­ic exam­ples for your appli­ca­tions in the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal industry:

Calcium carbonate against heartburn and acid regurgitation

    Description

    • Cal­ci­um car­bon­ate is used as an antacid against heart­burn and acid regur­gi­ta­tion. It neu­tral­izes stom­ach acid and serves as a phos­phate binder in cas­es of hyper­phos­phataemia. As a source of cal­ci­um, it helps in the pre­ven­tion and treat­ment of cal­ci­um defi­cien­cy and osteoporosis.

    Product benefits

    • Avail­able as nat­ur­al and pre­cip­i­tat­ed cal­ci­um carbonate
    • Var­i­ous bulk weights and also avail­able as gran­ules — with and with­out binder
    • High-puri­ty prod­ucts, some qual­i­fied as active phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal ingredients

    Magnesium hydroxide as an antacid and laxative

      Description

      • Mag­ne­sium hydrox­ide is used as an antacid and lax­a­tive. It neu­tral­izes excess stom­ach acid, relieves heart­burn and stom­ach pain and pro­motes intesti­nal tran­sit. In high­er dos­es, it acts as an osmot­ic lax­a­tive, stim­u­lat­ing the secre­tion of flu­id and intesti­nal motility.

      Product benefits

      • High-puri­ty prod­uct, qual­i­fied as an active phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal ingredient
      • Exten­sive prod­uct doc­u­men­ta­tion available
      • Var­i­ous bulk weights and also avail­able as granules

      Magnesium oxide as an antacid and laxative

        Description

        • Mag­ne­sium oxide is used in phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal prod­ucts as an antacid and lax­a­tive. It neu­tral­izes stom­ach acid, alle­vi­ates indi­ges­tion and pro­motes intesti­nal activ­i­ty. It is also used to pre­vent and treat mag­ne­sium defi­cien­cy, which is impor­tant for car­dio­vas­cu­lar and neu­ro­mus­cu­lar health.

        Product benefits

        • Var­i­ous bulk weights and also avail­able as granules
        • High-puri­ty prod­ucts, some qual­i­fied as active phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal ingredients
        • Exten­sive prod­uct doc­u­men­ta­tion available

        Magnesium stearate in tablet production

          Description

          • Mag­ne­sium stearate is an impor­tant excip­i­ent in tablet pro­duc­tion. It serves as a lubri­cant that improves glid­ing prop­er­ties and reduces fric­tion and adhe­sion. This pre­vents the pow­der from stick­ing to the machines, such as the punch dur­ing tablet­ing. It improves the flowa­bil­i­ty of the pow­der and facil­i­tates com­pres­sion into tablets. As a hydropho­bic excip­i­ent, it con­tributes to the sta­bil­i­ty and homo­gene­ity of tablets.

          Product benefits

          • Euro­pean ori­gin for bet­ter sup­ply security
          • Palm oil-free vari­ant or RSPO-cer­ti­fied available
          • Exten­sive prod­uct doc­u­men­ta­tion available

          Talcum as filler, release agent, binder and lubricant

              Description

              • Tal­cum is used in phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal prod­ucts as a filler, release agent, binder and lubri­cant. It improves the pro­cess­ing prop­er­ties of tablets and cap­sules by reduc­ing fric­tion and increas­ing flowa­bil­i­ty. It also serves as a base for pow­ders and pre­vents skin irritation.

              Product benefits

              • Very low con­tent of heavy met­als (analy­sis accord­ing to EP/ICH-Q3D)
              • Doc­u­ment­ed asbestos-free for every batch
              • Exten­sive prod­uct doc­u­men­ta­tion available

              At a glance for you: ethical, medical and scientific standards

              Man­u­fac­tur­ers of phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal prod­ucts around the world rely on our spe­cial­ist knowl­edge. In order to ensure the legal­ly com­pli­ant qual­i­ty of our cus­tomers’ prod­ucts, we con­sis­tent­ly keep an eye on the applic­a­ble requirements:

              Ger­man Med­i­c­i­nal Prod­ucts Act (AMG) and Ordi­nance on the Man­u­fac­ture of Med­i­c­i­nal Prod­ucts and Active Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal Ingre­di­ents (AMWHV)

              Inter­na­tion­al Coun­cil for Har­mon­i­sa­tion of Tech­ni­cal Require­ments for Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals for Human Use (ICH) 

              IPEC Europe 

              Euro­pean Direc­torate for the Qual­i­ty of Med­i­cines and Health­care (EDQM)

              Euro­pean Med­i­cines Agency (EMA)

              Euro­pean Commission

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              Thomas Raab and the phar­ma team will sup­port you with expert knowl­edge and find cus­tomized solu­tions for your prod­uct ideas.

              Please also ask for detailed spec­i­fi­ca­tions, safe­ty data sheets and sam­ples.

              MAGNESIA makes the difference — see for yourself

              Transparency and partnership

              Trans­paren­cy and partnership

              The com­pa­ny attach­es great impor­tance to trans­paren­cy in the sup­ply chain and main­tains part­ner­ships with man­u­fac­tur­ing part­ners to ensure seam­less mon­i­tor­ing and trans­par­ent procurement.

              Comprehensive service

              Com­pre­hen­sive service

              MAGNESIA not only offers high-qual­i­ty addi­tives, active ingre­di­ents and excip­i­ents, but also a com­pre­hen­sive ser­vice that strength­ens cus­tomer rela­tion­ships and facil­i­tates cooperation.

              Short delivery times

              Short deliv­ery times

              MAGNESIA can guar­an­tee short deliv­ery times for cus­tomers thanks to its own ware­house and qual­i­fied exter­nal ware­house keep­ers, which is an impor­tant eco­nom­ic factor.

              Expertise in various chemical elements

              Exper­tise in var­i­ous chem­i­cal elements

              MAGNESIA is not only a spe­cial­ist in min­er­als, but also an expert in var­i­ous chem­i­cal ele­ments, which offers our cus­tomers a wider choice of raw mate­ri­als and products.

              Expertise and competence

              Exper­tise and competence

              The com­pa­ny has many years of exper­tise in var­i­ous mar­kets and is con­tin­u­ous­ly expand­ing its areas of com­pe­tence in order to offer its cus­tomers a deci­sive com­pet­i­tive advantage.

              Trusted solutions

              Trust­ed solutions

              MAGNESIA offers proven ser­vices and strives to main­tain and strength­en cus­tomer con­fi­dence in con­sis­tent ser­vice, prod­uct qual­i­ty and safety.

              Customized services

              Cus­tomized services

              The com­pa­ny offers indi­vid­ual ser­vice and con­sult­ing pack­ages to meet the dif­fer­ent require­ments of its cus­tomers and devel­op unique solutions.

              Innovative solutions

              Inno­v­a­tive solutions

              MAGNESIA strives to be con­tin­u­ous­ly cre­ative and inno­v­a­tive to meet cus­tomer needs and adapt to chang­ing mar­ket con­di­tions, includ­ing the use of dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies for an opti­mal cus­tomer experience.

              FAQ — Frequently asked questions

              Yes, Mag­ne­sia has gran­u­lat­ed prod­ucts. These prod­ucts are sold under the name Mag­Gran and are com­pact­ed min­er­al salt agglom­er­ates. There are two ver­sions of these products:

              Cal­ci­um and mag­ne­sium car­bon­ate are safe alter­na­tives to TiO2 in for­mu­la­tions when used as whiten­ing agents.

              • Mag­ne­sium hydroxide
              • Mag­ne­sium oxide heavy
              • Mag­ne­sium oxide heavy DC grade
              • Cal­ci­um chloride-2-hydrate
              • Cal­ci­um carbonate
              • Cal­ci­um car­bon­ate low lead
              • Mag­ne­sium chloride-6-hydrate
              • Mag­ne­sium sulphate-7-hydrate
              • Fer­rous fumarate
              • Potas­si­um chloride
              • Zinc sul­phate-7-hydrate

              Do you have any questions?
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              info@magnesia.de

              +49 4131 8710-0

              MAGNESIA GmbH
              Max-Jenne-Straße 2–4
              Industriegebiet Ost

              21337 Lüneburg, Germany

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