for more information about stanelco click on the links.

driver's research page link
http://www.moneyam.com/InvestorsRoom/posts.php?tid=7681#lastread
website link
http://www.stanelco.co.uk/index.htm

Hi All,

This article should get a lot of capsule manufacturers and users interested in Stanelco starch based capsule :)

They have also done some research of their own, to add weight to the case for Stanelco's capsules :)

In-Pharma Technologist
Breaking News on Pharmaceutical Technology

Stanelco develops alternative to gelatine hardshells

15/09/2005 - UK-based Stanelco says it has developed a starch-based alternative to gelatine hardshell capsules that could also offer cost benefits for dietary supplement makers.

Gelatine,, an animal derived material, is becoming less favoured as a delivery form owing to a rise in the number of vegetarians and concerns about possible contamination of animal-derived materials with transmissible spongiform encepahlopathies (TSEs), the infectious agent behind mad cow disease and its human equivalent Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
In addition, the natural water bound in gelatine makes it a less than ideal medium for moisture-sensitive active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).

Pharmaceutical, vitamin and supplement ingredient makers are increasingly offering formulations without gelatine to meet market demand but many of these are more expensive than the standard gelatine variants.

The main alternative to gelatine hardshell capsules is HPMC (hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose), a synthetic material with a significantly higher cost base than gelatine. One of the leading manufacturers of this type of hard capsule is Pfizer subsidiary Capsugel with its VCaps range, while other players include Scherer, Shionogi Qualicaps, and Su Heung.

Starch-based capsules have been developed in the past - notably by Capsugel in the 1980s - but success has been limited as the capsules could not be filled on industry-standard equipment. Capsugel commissioned bespoke machines from Bosch for its offering.

In contrast, Stanelco maintains that both its starch-based material and the manufacturing process offer the prospect of lower unit costs of production than even gelatine capsules.

Gelatine capsule shells are currently made using a dip moulding process followed by a slow drying process, which injection moulded starch-based alternatives do not require. They are ready for filling immediately following manufacture.

Starch-based hard-shell capsules also offer greater resilience to humidity and heat than gelatine and allow for easy filling since they are non-static.

The product, in development for five years, still needs to get regulatory approval before the product can be consumed by humans but the firm is now looking to join up with third parties to optimise formulations and develop the route to market.

We believe that the world market for hard capsules is significantly larger than that for soft capsules with many billions of hard capsules produced annually, said Stanelco.

The product was created by subsidiary Adept Polymers - which developed the new polymer blend along with recently acquired Biotec Holding - and partner Carclo Technical Plastics, working on the capsule.

Stanelco's subsidiary, Aquasol Limited, filed for patent protection for the new hardshell capsule in 1999. The patent, which is jointly owned with Carclo, is proceeding to grant in various territories.

The design of the capsule also offers tamper evident and novel dissolution features as well as the possibility of multi-compartments.

Other companies developing and selling alternatives to gelatine capsules have tended to focus on the soft capsule end of the market. They include BioProgress of the UK which has a range of cellulose-based soft capsules based on its XGel film technology, Cardinal Health with its seaweed-based VegiCaps soft capsule range, and Banner Pharmacaps' EcoCaps, which are also made from seaweed.

http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/

Hi All,

And oh look !!!!

TWO of the manufacturers I targeted last week with Stanelco's capsules RNS .... LOL .... ain't I the best !!!!

The main alternative to gelatine hardshell capsules is HPMC (hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose), a synthetic material with a significantly higher cost base than gelatine. One of the leading manufacturers of this type of hard capsule is Pfizer subsidiary Capsugel with its VCaps range, while other players include Scherer, Shionogi Qualicaps, and Su Heung.

A deal with Pfizer would be massive, but I reckon Cardinal will be NO.1 target, because of prior business connections :)

"the firm is now looking to join up with third parties to optimise formulations and develop the route to market.!

Cheers,
PM

LOL !!

What a plum!

shamona..why knock paul for trying,do something positive yourself before knocking others

Since when has wild blatant ramping been positive.

Sham,

It's not being positive just informative. So what if it's a ramp. The man obviously believes in SEO so let him ramp. No one is stopping you deramping, but just use facts. I like to hear both sides of the story!

Kong

This thread is out of control. Someone ought to start a Talk To Your Shrink thread - Yourself is obviously not working!

sd

sd
Don't tempt me.

sd, probably the best idea posted in a while.

Now, lie back und relags.

Zo, ze zhare prize reprezends your mozzer und the marget mager your fader - tell me what you are veelink at zis moment.

sigmund dog

sd

You alright mate?!!

Hi All,

I had a few more ideas, and sent them to HQ, but I am not going to tell you what they are, as Stanelco will want to look into them, before I go blabbing it everywhere .... LOL !

Suffice to say that they are all uses for Biotec TPS, and the market size of the three products types are :-

1) 89 billion units per annum at 2003 for one specific product, and over 300 Billion units for another product as at 2002, both products use the same type of packaging.
2) 30 billion units per annum at 2004
3) 10 Billion units per annum at 2003

Cheers,
PM

Paul - I think you definitely need a session on the Stanelcouch (patent applied for) - lol!
sd

Hope SEO will take your idea on board.

Hi All I feel tomorrow will be a great day for SEO , fingers crossed that Northern Foods have lined up Greenseal and starpol 2000. Gut feeling 1 party by Xmas.

SD Hi,

One for you ....


Dr .... Dr .... I keep thinking I'm an alsation ......


Lie on the couch sir ....





I'm not allowed on the couch !!!!



ROTFLMAO !

Cheers,
PM

Gary Hi,

I think you will see 1 before XMas, no problem :)

The next few months will be filled with RNS's

Cheers,
PM

Hi Paul First heard of SEO in RHPS described as a minnow and to buy before it became a shark. Didnt imagine it would turn into a killer whale .

lol, Paul - keep posting.
sd

Gary Hi,

It's gonna be a FTSE-monster :)

Cheers,
PM