API | Intermediates | Excipients | Reference Standards | Impurities | Packaging Materials
ADCHEM represents more than 4,000 suppliers across the pharmaceutical category. We have local sourcing hubs in India, China, and the EU, enabling us to work closely with suppliers, manage supply chains more efficiently, and bridge the gap between suppliers and customers. We help customers identify the right sources based on their quality, formulation, and regulatory requirements.
A few key suppliers for whom we are official distributors in select regions include Shin-Etsu, Vanderbilt Minerals USA, Kornnac Capsules, Seppic, and Valens, alongside thousands of other suppliers in our global network.
GMP
Certified supply
EP
USP · BP grades
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Markets served
WHY Choose ADCHEM
ADCHEM’s pharmaceutical segment serves pharmaceutical innovators, generic manufacturers, CDMOs, and CROs across the Middle East, Asia, North Africa, USA, and Europe. Our suppliers are selected based on customer requirements, enabling us to offer one of the most extensive portfolios and source virtually any pharmaceutical ingredient our customers require.
Every product in the pharma portfolio is supported by a full regulatory documentation package — CoA, DMF, CEP, MSDS, halal certification and country-of-origin — supplied automatically with every order through COSMO, our proprietary platform.
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Pharmacopoeial-grade portfolio
All excipients sourced to EP, USP, BP and JP compendial standards where applicable. Pharmacopoeial dossiers supplied with every order — not on request, automatically via COSMO.
EP · USP · BP · JP grades
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EXCiPACT and GMP-certified supply chain
ADCHEM holds EXCiPACT certification for pharmaceutical excipient distribution — verifying GMP and GDP compliance across our storage, handling and documentation processes. Our warehouses operate to temperature-controlled, GDP-compliant conditions.
EXCiPACT · GMP · GDP certified
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Regulatory affairs support across 10 markets
Local regulatory teams in Dubai, Cairo, Istanbul, Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad support customers with dossier compilation, import registration and pharmacopoeial monograph navigation — across FDA, EMA, and national authority requirements.
10 markets · In-country regulatory teams
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Consistent supply backed by strategic stocking
Consignment inventory in Jebel Ali Free Zone (Dubai) ensures in-region availability for Gulf and MENA customers. Bergamo holds European principal stock for EU and Türkiye lanes. Lahore warehouses serve Pakistan's domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing base.
Dubai · Bergamo · Lahore stock positions
Multiple functional categories. One supply partner.
Our technical development teams start with the formulation need, not a predefined product list. We identify critical material and performance requirements, recommend suitable raw materials, and connect customers with qualified supplying partners for development, registration, and commercial supply.
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APIs & Pharmaceutical Actives
APIs, intermediates, and specialty actives for conventional and complex dosage forms, supported by technical evaluation of grade, specifications, regulatory requirements, and manufacturing capabilities.
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Fillers, Binders & Compression Aids
Cellulose derivatives, HPMC, HPC, and polymeric excipients for tablet and capsule development, including MCC, lactose, starches, PVP, and specialty compression systems.
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Disintegrants & Performance Excipients
Functional excipients designed to improve disintegration, dissolution, powder flow, and overall dosage-form performance, including croscarmellose sodium, crospovidone, sodium starch glycolate, and related technologies
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Coating & Modified-Release Technologies
Film-forming, enteric, sustained-release, and targeted-release polymers for taste masking, protection, controlled drug release, and site-specific delivery.
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Solubilizers, Surfactants & Bioavailability
Specialty excipients for solubility enhancement, wetting, dispersion, emulsification, and bioavailability improvement, including surfactants, polymers, lipid-based systems, and complexation technologies.
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Sterile APIs & Parenteral Excipients
Specialized APIs and excipients for sterile and parenteral formulations, supporting injectable, ophthalmic, and other high-purity dosage forms. Our portfolio includes sterile APIs, injectable-grade excipients, solubilizers, buffering agents, tonicity modifiers, and stabilizers, selected according to stringent quality, sterility, and regulatory requirements.
The principals behind
the portfolio.
ADCHEM represents principals selected for chemistry credentials, pharmacopoeial compliance, and documentation depth. Every relationship is long-term — the commercial team knows the grades before they present them to a customer.
A leading manufacturer of hypromellose (HPMC) and hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) for pharmaceutical applications. Shin-Etsu’s METOLOSE® and PHARMACOAT® grades are benchmarked against major pharmacopoeial standards and are recognized for their high-performance cellulose ether technologies. ADCHEM distributes Shin-Etsu products across MENA and South Asian markets.
For over 60 years, Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC (USA) has been a trusted supplier to the pharmaceutical industry, offering high-performance natural rheology-control solutions. VEEGUM® Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, available in grades complying with the Magnesium Aluminum Silicate NF and Purified Bentonite NF monographs, functions as an effective suspension stabilizer, emulsion optimizer, and rheology modifier for topical formulations, oral suspensions, and tablets. Complementing this range, VANZAN® Xanthan Gum, compliant with the Xanthan Gum NF monograph, provides efficient rheology control in aqueous systems by increasing viscosity, enhancing emulsion stability, and preventing the settling of suspended solids.
Dr. Paul Lohmann has manufactured mineral salts in Germany since 1886 and now offers more than 400 products across over 7,000 specifications. It supplies the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, nutritional supplement, food, and personal care industries from two sites in Germany.
Established in 2002 as a joint venture in Jinhua, Zhejiang, Nexchem operates a 63-acre site with more than 860 employees. Its azithromycin, clarithromycin, roxithromycin, benserazide hydrochloride, and fenofibrate production lines hold GMP certification. Certificates of Suitability are held for clarithromycin, glimepiride, benserazide hydrochloride, and azithromycin.
Hubei Kornnac Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (formerly Hubei Humanwell Pharmaceutical Excipients Co., Ltd.) is a high-tech pharmaceutical manufacturer specializing in the development and production of high-quality empty capsules and functional capsule solutions for the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
Technical-expertise. Application driven solutions
ADCHEM’s pharmaceutical team approaches every requirement from a technical and application perspective not simply a product or price perspective. Our teams work with customers to understand the formulation, dosage form, target performance, grade requirements, and regulatory pathway before recommending the appropriate material and supply source. From HPMC viscosity grades and polymer selection to particle-size optimization and rheology control, our technical approach ensures that the right grade is selected for the right application, with supply continuity built around it.
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Grade Selection & Specification
We evaluate grade, viscosity, particle size, substitution type, functionality, and pharmacopeial requirements to identify the most suitable material for the application. This includes HPMC selection for film coating and controlled-release matrices, particle-size optimization for MCC and talc in direct compression, and polymer selection for aqueous and organic coating systems.
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Regulatory & Technical Documentation
We support customers with comprehensive documentation, including DMF support, CEP documentation, COA review, pharmacopeial monograph cross-referencing, GMP documentation, and regulatory declarations. For region-specific requirements, we also coordinate Halal certification for MENA markets and REACH documentation for European supply chains.
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Formulation Support & Grade Substitution
When a customer’s established formulation requires a grade that is unavailable or discontinued, our technical team evaluates functionally equivalent grades and alternative technologies within our global portfolio. We assess key technical parameters and provide the supporting documentation required for formulation evaluation, qualification, and regulatory submissions.
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Compatibility, Stability & Application Support
We support product development with sample quantities for formulation trials, compatibility assessments, ICH stability studies, and process evaluation. Technical data sheets, specifications, formulation guides, application notes, and relevant regulatory documentation from our principals are provided to support informed technical evaluation and faster product development.
In-region stock.
On-time supply.
ADCHEM's pharmaceutical supply chain is designed around the production schedules of manufacturers in the markets we serve — not around the convenience of a centralised hub. Stock positions in Dubai, Bergamo and Lahore mean that a production requirement in Cairo, Istanbul or Karachi is already in-region before the order is placed.
GDP-compliant storage, all warehouses
Temperature monitoring, batch traceability, and full GDP audit trail. Cold chain available for temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical materials.
Real-time order visibility via COSMO
Every order tracked from principal warehouse to consignee gate. Regulatory documents auto-attached at despatch — not as a separate follow-up.
Consignment stocking by agreement
For high-volume pharma customers with predictable demand, ADCHEM holds consignment inventory in-region. Buffer stock eliminates single-voyage dependency.
Repackaging to line specification
Manufacturer pack sizes repackaged to production-line quantities at GMP-compliant conditions. New CoA and documentation issued for every repacked unit.
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Dubai
ADCHEM International FZCO Jebel Ali Free Zone
All pharma grades
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Bergamo
ADCHEM Europe SRL European principal stock
Shin-Etsu · Vanderbilt
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Lahore
ADCHEM Pakistan DHA Phase 8C
Solid dosage · Topicals
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Cairo
ADCHEM Egypt 6th of October City
Pharma · Nutra
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Istanbul
ADCHEM İlaç Kimyasalları
Pharma · Nutra
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Jeddah
ADCHEM · Jamjoom Centre
Gulf markets
COSMO, ADCHEM’s proprietary platform, connects all 10 offices and carries every order from inquiry to invoice. Regulatory documents — CoA, DMF, halal cert, country-of-origin — attached automatically. Customer data never leaves ADCHEM infrastructure.
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