The production of soft gelatin capsules is one of the most modern technologies of solid dosage forms. For more than 60 years, this dosage form has been produced on an industrial scale using the “Rotary-Die” process.
The development of products in the form of soft capsules, the production of soft gelatin capsules and the continuous improvement of this technology represents the main business of Swiss Caps. At our locations in Switzerland, Romania and the USA, soft gelatin capsules are produced to the highest quality standards on state-of-the-art machinery developed by Swiss Caps.
In order to deliver specific active ingredients effectively, new formulation concepts and excipients with revolutionary new characteristics are now available.
General Advantages of Soft Gelatin Capsules
- Protection of sensitive active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and excipients from light and oxygen
- Good acceptance by industrial customers and final consumers (easy to swallow, neutral taste)
- High compatibility
- High marketing potential
- Large variety of forms, colours and sizes
- Encapsulation of liquids and solutions of different polarity
- Encapsulation of solids in suspensions
- Sustained release
- Fast absorption – reducing irritation in the gastrointestinal tract and increasing bioavailability
- Gastric juice resistance
- Tamper-proof and tamper-evident
Pharmaceutical Advantages
- Optimized formulations for specific active substances
- Excellent pharmacokinetics / bio-availability
- Content uniformity
Advantages for nutritional supplements
- Innovative dosage forms
- High fill / dosage accuracy to gain the recommended daily dose (RDA)
- High stability of the active substances
Advantages for cosmetics
- Encapsulation of sensitive and lipid active substances and excipients without preservatives
- Precise dosage for topical preparation combinations
- Capsule shell 100% biologically degradable
- Variety of forms, colours and sizes
- Availability of special highly light-stable pigments for colouring the shell
- Odourless shell