The mission of the Japan lab is to provide technical application service for EUDRAGIT^® to customers in Japan, Taiwan and Korea. We offer local customer support in a dynamic marketplace: efficient product development, profitable quality of life and life cycle management for varying market needs, and new drug delivery solutions for globalizing companies. New technology projects may be handled at our own lab or in

cooperation with research organizations and universities. Highlights of this lab include fine particle coating, tablet coating, taste-masking applications, improved dissolution and matrix technology in sustainedrelease coatings. Our equipment comprises Japanese standard apparatus commonly used in pharmaceutical applications. As a special service,we offer seminars on EUDRAGIT^® science and application technology.

Equipment:

• Fluid-bed system: Powrex MP-01 capacity 0.8-1.2 kg, tumbling fluid bed with rotor capacity 0.65-1.0 kg, Wurster capacity 0.8-1.2 kg, supplier regionally known and affiliated with Glatt
• Wet granulator: FGS, Erweka, type:AR400
• Erweka conventional coating pan: size 12 inch
• Tableting machine: Kikusui, size 600*630*1200,K19 and punch: 19 / around
• Basket type granulator: Hata machinery anddesktop size
• Hammer Mil: Fuji Paudal, desktop size
• Analytical instruments: tester for dissolution, disintegration, friability, hardness, UV / VIS photometer and moisture balance