On July 11th, Gelunhui reported that Anhui Sunhere Pharmaceutical Excipients (300452.SZ) has recently added a new pharmaceutical excipient product: powdered cellulose, which has obtained a registration number from the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the National Medical Products Administration, with the number F20240000251. As of the date of the announcement, Anhui Sunhere Pharmaceutical Excipients has had 44 products registered with the CDE. For more details, please visit the CDE official website (query).
Powdered cellulose is alpha-cellulose in plant fiber pulp, obtained through purification and mechanical grinding. It is a white or almost white powder or granular powder, almost neutral, and is almost insoluble in water, acetone, anhydrous ethanol, toluene or dilute hydrochloric acid. Powdered cellulose is not absorbed when taken orally, so it has almost no potential toxicity. As a pharmaceutical excipient, it is commonly used as a diluent for tablet and capsule formulations, as a suspension aid in powders, suppositories, and oral aqueous suspensions, and in the preparation of small pills by direct pressing, extrusion or rolling methods.