Pharmaceuticals and Cosmetics

Pharmaceutical Purification

The pharmaceutical industry relies on NORIT® activated carbons to purify numerous pharmaceutical products. Our highly controlled manufacturing processes bring activated carbons with purity, consistency, traceability, and auditability.  

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NORIT activated carbons purify:

  • API's (antibiotics, painkillers, steroids, ...)
  • Vitamins
  • Intermediates
  • Diagnostic agents
  • Enzymes
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And they remove these impurities:

  • Synthesis byproducts
  • Discolorations and pigments
  • Cell residues, oligopeptides, proteins
  • Odor compounds
  • Impurities from feedstocks
  • Metal-containing residues from catalysts
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To optimize purification performance and product recovery, you can choose from a range of NORIT product grades offering a variety of adsorptive properties and pore structures.

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Fully respecting your need for confidentiality, we’ve developed a method by which you can choose easily the optimal activated carbon grade for your specific process. This method includes:

  • Various appropriate activated carbon samples for your screening
  • Our '5-step manual' for your R&D to determine the most suitable grade(s) based on your (purification and other) requirements
  • Best practices for lab-scale testing
Of course, we’re also happy to work with you and provide dedicated advice (under NDA if you wish).
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Micro/Mesoporous grades

NORIT SX range

  • Choice of capacities for smaller and larger impurities
  • Very high, tightly specified purity
  • Excellent filterability
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Powdered Activated Carbon

Mesoporous grades

NORIT C-CARBON grades

  • High capacity for larger impurities
  • Very high, tightly specified purity
  • Excellent filterability

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Powdered Activated Carbon

Ultrapure powdered grade

NORIT SX PLUS LC

  • extremely high purity by unique process
  • high capacities for smaller and larger impurities

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Powdered Activated Carbon

Ultrapure granular grade

NORIT ROX 0.8

  • High capacities for smaller and larger impurities
  • Extremely high purity
  • Very high hardness

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Extruded Activated Carbon