Use of Sodium Hydroxide

Use of Sodium Hydroxide

Necessity

Pharmacy is a very broad field, dealing with both biological, synthetic and natural medicines as well as cosmetics and food ingredients. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the fastest growing economic sectors both in China and worldwide. Its development is determined not only by technology and R&D, but also by many socio-economic factors, such as aging of the population, wealth, economic situation, but above all, legislative issues. The pharmaceutical market is very dynamic and the huge potential of this industry can be observed. Demand for medicines and other pharmaceutical products shows a constant upward trend, as well as the need for chemical raw materials used in their production.

Drugs are pharmaceutical products containing a substance or a mixture of medicinal substances that are in a form suitable for direct use in therapy. The origin of the drug can be mineral, plant, animal, synthetic or semi-synthetic.

The Star Grace Chemical products is of pharmaceutical quality, that can be used asexcipients. They belong to the group of polyoxyethylene glycols (PEGs, polyethylene glycols, macrogols) and are characterized by a very wide spectrum of application properties. Their physicochemical characteristics and action depend on the molecular weight specified by the number included in the product name.

Apart from the above pharmaceutical ingredients, equally important for the pharmaceutical industry are the chemical reagents used in qualitative and quantitative analysis.