Merck Polyvinyl Alcohol EMPROVE®: Quality and safety for pharmaceutical applications

Polyvinyl Alcohol in pharmaceutical quality – designed to suit your needs

Polyvinyl Alcohol: A wide range of possibilities

Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) is a synthetic, biocompatible and toxicologically safe polymer that is exceptionally well suited for a variety of pharmaceutical applications: In tablet coatings, for example, it protects the tablet from environmental humidity, in eye drops it moistens the eye, and in cell fermentation processes Polyvinyl Alcohol prevents bubble rupture to protect cells from shearing. Merck makes it easy to fully exploit the possibilities of Polyvinyl Alcohol: Our Polyvinyl Alcohol EMPROVE^® for use as excipient for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical applications provides consistent high quality, extensively tested and documented product safety, and comprehensive documentation supporting your regulatory procedures.

Pharmaceutical-grade Polyvinyl Alcohol – designed to suit your needs

Pharmaceutical-grade Polyvinyl Alcohol from Merck is available in a variety of viscosities and grades of hydrolysis. These parameters determine crucial characteristics of the polymer such as water solubility, oxygen permeability, film forming, emulsifying and remoistable properties. Whatever you require, at Merck you will find the Polyvinyl Alcohol grade that optimally suits your needs. And when it comes to production, Merck is of course able to deliver pharmaceutical-grade PVA in the quantities needed for large-scale commercial use.

Polyvinyl Alcohol EMPROVE^®: Top quality and documentation for pharmaceutical applications
As drug approval procedures grow ever more stringent, regulatory requirements are becoming more and more demanding for excipients as well. Merck provides Polyvinyl alcohol EMPROVE^® in compliance with all regulations, enabling manufacturers to satisfy today’s growing regulatory requirements. With Merck, you can benefit from the inherent advantages of PVA combined with trusted and documented pharmaceutical quality.

Successful with innovative solutions from Merck: Benefit now from Merck’s Polyvinyl alcohol in pharmaceutical quality!

For more information, see our Polyvinyl alcohol portfolio, our brochure “Polyvinyl alcohol EMPROVE^®”, or simply contact us.