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CPHI SEA 2026
Meet our team
Date:
08-10 July 2026
Location:
QSNCC, Bangkok, Thailand
Booth: H16
Discover how our capsules are redefining innovation for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. Join Lonza Capsugel at CPHI SEA 2026 to experience how our advanced capsule technologies are driving innovation across pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.
As a global leader in capsule design, manufacturing and encapsulation technology, we are dedicated to create customized solutions that help you deliver groundbreaking health products to the market. From hard gelatin, Pullulan, and HPMC capsules to advanced functional delivery solutions, we partner with you to bring better medicines and supplements to patients and consumers everywhere.
Discover how our capsule expertise, integrated services, and global network can help accelerate your development pipeline and scale with confidence.
Discover our innovative drug delivery solutions
- Capsugel® Enprotect® Capsules: Enables targeted enteric delivery and gastric protection without the need for post-filling coating.
- Vcaps® Plus Zephyr Inhance™ Capsules: Next-generation HPMC capsule with optimized consistency for dry-powder inhalation.
- Explore our range of capsule technologies designed from early-stage development through late-stage clinical trials and full commercialization.
- Learn how we support speed, scalability, and reliability in pharma and nutra development.
- Meet our experts to discuss tailored solutions for your business needs.
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Hard Empty Capsules (HEC)
Our Hard Empty Capsules (HEC) portfolio is trusted by over 7,000 global customers and is manufactured in 8 production sites. Whether you need assistance in selecting the most suitable dosage forms for complex compounds or seek to distinguish your existing products, our team engages closely with you.
Our experts help you identify the ideal dosage form for your drug formulation process, ensuring your products excel in both performance and market appeal.
Product features
- More than 100 years of dosage expertise to help you find your unique formulation
- Suitable for a wide range of active ingredients
- Compliant with broad regulatory requirements
- Also available in plant-based and non-GMO materials
- Kosher, Halal, GMP Certified
With a portfolio spanning capsules and health ingredients, we bring Global Innovation, Local Impact, combining science-backed expertise with support tailored to region's market needs.
Join us at Booth H16 to explore how Lonza CHI helps partners move from concept to market with capsule and ingredient solutions that deliver measurable results.
Capsugel® Vcaps® Plus Capsules
Lonza CHI’s Vcaps® Plus Capsules are immediate-release capsules with an excellent dissolution profile, low moisture content, great machineability, and visual quality.
They are made with plant-based HPMC, which offers similar dissolution behavior in a broad pH range. This ensures that the capsules remain physically and chemically unchanged over time, even when exposed to higher temperatures and humidity.
Product features
- Excellent dissolution performance
- Non-animal origin
- Immediate-release capsule
- Low moisture sensitivity
- Highest quality standards
- Robustness is retained even at a very low moisture content
With a portfolio spanning capsules and health ingredients, we bring Global Innovation, Local Impact, combining science-backed expertise with support tailored to region's market needs.
Join us at Booth H16 to explore how Lonza CHI helps partners move from concept to market with capsule and ingredient solutions that deliver measurable results.
UC-II® Collagen
UC-II® collagen is the most researched brand of undenatured type II collagen*, clinically proven to help brands tap into the longevity market with clinically proven joint comfort, flexibility and mobility support.
Backed by 20+ years of research, UC-II® collagen is recognized globally for its validated results and trusted by leading pharmaceutical and nutraceutical brands.
Product features
- Most clinically researched undenatured type II collagen*
- Effective at a low dose of just 40 mg/day
- Supports joint flexibility and comfort
- Non-GMO and Sustainably Sourced
- Unique Mechanism of Action
- Ideal for diverse dosage forms and in multi-ingredient formulations
*as of January 2024
With a portfolio spanning capsules and health ingredients, we bring Global Innovation, Local Impact, combining science-backed expertise with support tailored to region's market needs.
Join us at Booth H16 to explore how Lonza CHI helps partners move from concept to market with capsule and ingredient solutions that deliver measurable results.
Capsugel® Enprotect®
With Capsugel® Coni-Snap® secure closure design and HPMC and HPMC-AS polymers, Capsugel® Enprotect® capsules protect acid sensitive APIs, prevent gastric irritation and allow for targeted intestinal delivery.
Developed with first-of-its-kind manufacturing process, it allows target delivery of APIs to the distal small intestine without the need for post-filling coating excipients, which accelerates the drug manufacturing and development processes.
Product features
- Targeted enteric drug delivery
- Acid protection
- No additional coating required
- Customizable and scalable
With a portfolio spanning capsules and health ingredients, we bring Global Innovation, Local Impact, combining science-backed expertise with support tailored to region's market needs.
Join us at Booth H16 to explore how Lonza CHI helps partners move from concept to market with capsule and ingredient solutions that deliver measurable results.
Capsugel DRcaps HPMC Designed Release Capsules
Capsugel® DRcaps® HPMC Designed Release Capsules can help protect dietary supplement ingredients from stomach acidity without the cost and complexity of adding acid-resistant properties during manufacturing.
DRcaps® capsules can also help mask taste and odor and reduce bad aftertaste without the addition of costly coatings.
Product features
- Supported by different in-vivo data in humans
- Offering a late disintegration (approximately 45 minutes later than a typical immediate release in five minutes)
- Plant-based, vegetarian solution
With a portfolio spanning capsules and health ingredients, we bring Global Innovation, Local Impact, combining science-backed expertise with support tailored to region's market needs.
Join us at Booth H16 to explore how Lonza CHI helps partners move from concept to market with capsule and ingredient solutions that deliver measurable results.
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