Press Release
Roquette Unveils POLYOX™ ES Packaging to Advance Excipient Stability and Sustainability
Smarter packaging designed with customer needs in mind.
Wilmington, Del., USA, July 23, 2025 — Roquette, a global leader in plant-based ingredients and pharmaceutical excipients, has launched POLYOX™ Extended Stability (ES) packaging, a customer-driven innovation that delivers measurable improvements in excipient stability, handling, and environmental impact.
POLYOX™ Water Soluble Resins (WSR) are widely recognized for their versatility in complex drug delivery systems, including osmotic pumps, mucoadhesive formulations, and abuse-deterrent applications. To ensure these high-performance characteristics are preserved over time, Roquette developed the new ES packaging format to meet the evolving needs of pharmaceutical manufacturers.
POLYOX™ ES packaging offers a 24-month retest interval—up to a 300% increase compared to traditional formats. The extended stability helps reduce product waste, minimize retesting, and improve inventory control.
“POLYOX™ ES packaging is a direct response to what our customers told us they needed: longer stability, easier handling, and more sustainable packaging,” said Tom Gilbert, Global Product Manager at Roquette. “It’s smarter packaging that delivers stronger performance — and it’s available now.”
The new 20-kilogram format is compact and easy to handle, offering improved storage efficiency and flexibility across global supply chains. With regional warehousing and global availability, POLYOX™ ES packaging supports business continuity and supply assurance. In addition to performance benefits, the packaging is designed to support waste reduction efforts. When customers recycle the outer cardboard box, the solution can contribute to more than an 80% reduction in landfill and incineration waste compared to traditional packaging. It’s a step forward for both supply chain resilience and environmental responsibility.
Discover more about POLYOX™ here.
About Roquette
Roquette is a leading provider of plant-based ingredients, excipients and pharmaceutical solutions dedicated to enhancing the quality and convenience of essential products for consumers and patients worldwide. Roquette employs more than 11,000 people globally, operating in more than 150 countries through more than 40 manufacturing sites and 20 R&D and innovation centers. The company achieved a turnover of €4.5 billion in 2024. Harnessing natural resources like wheat, corn and cellulose, Roquette crafts high-performance ingredients and solutions used in everyday foods, oral medications, advanced biopharmaceuticals, and bio-based products. Roquette is a family-owned company driven by a long-term vision and a constant commitment to innovation. For almost a century, Roquette has been empowering better living and building a sustainable future by offering the best of nature. Discover more about Roquette here.
