| Q: Are all Croda products imported from the United Kingdom? |
| A: The majority of our pharmaceutical products for the North American market are produced in Mill Hall, PA. Some products are imported from our UK and Singapore operations if they are not being produced in the USA. |
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| Q: How can overseas affiliates purchase Croda's excipients? |
| A: Croda has sales offices around the world to assist our customers in securing Croda materials. Our home page has a link to the Croda companies around the world and is a convenient method of contacting Croda in the desired country. If you need assistance locating material please send us an email and we can help coordinate your procurement in any location. |
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| Q: Are all of Croda's products Compendial? |
| A: If Croda manufactures an excipient listed in the Untied States Pharmacopeia (USP), National Formulary (NF) or European Pharmacopoeia (EP) it will be made and tested to compendial specifications. Croda completes each and every test listed in the monograph and reports the results on the Certificate of Analysis. The Certificate will also list the appropriate compendial name for each compliant monograph. We currently manufacture 30 ingredients conforming to either the USP or NF. |
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| Q: Does Croda retest and re-certify materials already manufactured if a compendial Monograph should change? |
| A: Current inventory will be retested and re-certified to the specifications resulting from the new Monograph. |
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| Q: What does "HP" stand for after a product name? |
| A: The HP denotes a product of "High Purity". This means Croda uses higher quality raw materials in the manufacture of the product. Extra steps are taken during the manufacturing process to increase product purity. This results in lower amounts of residual impurities such as peroxide and other chemicals, which maybe present in standard commercially available products. Products with the HP suffix are also packaged under nitrogen to maintain product quality. |
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| Q: What does "NP" stand for after a Super Refined oil product name? |
| A: The NP denotes "No Preservative" which is a misnomer. Products with the NP suffix do not have an antioxidant present and the Super Refined Oils without the NP contain 0.1% BHT, a food approved antioxidant. The NP version is an option desired by formulators working with parenteral dosages. The NP Super Refined Oils are also a convenient starting point for formulators that wish to add their own antioxidant. If desired customer specified antioxidants could be add when Super Refined Oil is purchased. |
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| Q: Are your products animal derived or vegetable derived? |
| A: Our lanolin and lanolin derivatives are animal derived, although no animals are harmed in the procurement of wool grease the raw material of lanolin. Our Incromega products are derived from marine oils. The remainder of our products are plant origin. |
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| Q: Where do I find Polawax in the National Formulary? |
| A: Polawax is Emulsifying Wax NF. This product can be found in the NF section at the back of the USP. It is listed in the W's for Wax; the monograph is titled "Emulsifying Wax". Currently in USP 24/NF19 this monograph appears on Page 2536. |
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