Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

APIs for pharmaceutical applications
Stanford Chemicals explore the applications for pharmaceuticals within disease management. We provide a unique expertise in the development and production of synthetic and natural active pharmaceutical ingredients for 16 years.

Reliable quality and sustainability
Stanford Chemicals has proven success in quality assurance and sustainable practices to deliver only products of the highest standards to our customers.

Global Support
With dedicated and regularly audited global facilities, and a growing network of GMP qualified sites, we ensure our products remain consistently high quality.

With a long history of innovation, Stanford Chemicals offers a broad portfolio of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), that now spans vitamins, including Medical Grade Sodium Hyaluronate and Chondroitin Sulfate. As a sodium hyaluronate manufacturer globally, we guarantee a secure supply of APIs and local support – wherever you are in the world.

The quality of an API is determined by two essential factors- it must be the right chemical and it must have the right potency. Whether from plant or animal raw materials, we can develop crude extracts or fully purified molecules for our pharmaceutical customers. The supporter of green chemistry and eco-design, working with recent development and analysis tools, our processes ensure optimum respect for safety and the environment. Constantly in search of innovative technologies in the field of extraction and purification, we provide to our partners with the most efficient and productive processes.

We supplies:

1. Antimalarial/Antiparasitic Drugs

• Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate: Used to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
• Chloroquine Diphosphate: An antimalarial drug that has also been studied for certain viral infections (e.g., COVID-19).
• Acrichin Dihydrochloride: An antimalarial drug historically used for malaria and some parasitic infections.
• Piperaquine: An antimalarial drug, often combined with artemisinin (e.g., dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine tablets).

2. Antiviral Drugs

• Remdesivir: Used to treat COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 infection).
• Arbidol Hydrochloride: A broad-spectrum antiviral for influenza and certain respiratory viral infections.
• Oseltamivir Acid & Oseltamivir Phosphate: Anti-influenza drugs (e.g., “Tamiflu”).
• Peramivir: An intravenous anti-influenza drug.
• Ritonavir: An HIV protease inhibitor, also used to boost other antivirals (e.g., as in Paxlovid).

3. Antibiotics

• Dirithromycin: A macrolide antibiotic for bacterial infections.

4. Cardiovascular Drugs

• Losartan Potassium: An angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) for hypertension and heart failure.
• Cilnidipine: A calcium channel blocker for hypertension.

5. Neurological/Antiallergic Drugs

• Dimenhydrinate: An antihistamine for motion sickness (e.g., seasickness, carsickness).

6. Musculoskeletal Drugs

• Chondroitin Sulfate: A dietary supplement or adjunct therapy for osteoarthritis.

7. Vitamins & Nutritional Supplements

• Folic Acid: For anemia or pregnancy supplementation.
• Nicotinamide (Vitamin B3): For pellagra or metabolic support.
• Vitamin B1 / B2 /B6: For deficiency treatment.
• D-Biotin (Vitamin B7): A supplement.
• Vitamin E Oil: May be used for antioxidant therapy at high doses.
  Note: Some vitamins can function as drugs at specific dosages. For more details, see: Vitamin Guide: 14 Important Vitamins for Health

8. Others

• Hyaluronic Acid: Used in joint injections (e.g., for osteoarthritis) or skincare, sometimes classified as a medical device or excipient.

The purpose of APIs according to the FDA is to cause ‘pharmacological activity or other direct effects in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease or to affect the structure and function of the human body.

Any drug or medication is composed of two components. The first is the API – which is the central ingredient. The second is known as the excipient, which is the inactive substance that serves as the vehicle for the API itself. If the drug is in a syrup form, then the excipient is the liquid that has been used to make it as such.