Pharmaceutical Technical Centre (PTC) - Istanbul, Türkiye

At our Pharmaceutical Technical Centre Istanbul, we bring together industry and market expertise with advanced equipment to help you achieve your formulation goals.
The laboratory acts as regional hub serving the local market, as well as the Middle East, Maghreb, Egypt, Kenya, and South Africa.
Opened in 2026, our PTC Istanbul delivers application-based training, innovative formulation solutions, and concept development.

The laboratory enables faster and closer technical collaboration by combining IMCD’s global expertise with deep local insight. We support the development of solid, liquid, and semi-solid dosage forms, including active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), using a risk-based approach aligned with internationally accepted guidelines and Quality by Design (QbD) principles.

Our state-of-the-art, lab-scale equipment enables the manufacturing and testing of oral solid dosage forms (OSDFs), topical formulations, and dispersed systems such as suspensions and emulsions, while our flexible lab setup supports efficient development timeliness and small-batch production.

With strong technical expertise and a collaborative approach, we support you at every stage of your product development. 

How we can support you

Core competencies

  • Technical advice and formulation development
  • Guidance for product and process optimisation
  • Troubleshooting assistance
  • Ingredient screening/selection testing
  • Application testing with quantitative results
  • Focus on sustainable solutions
  • Customer training

Major equipment

  • Bench top fluid bed granulator (1 litre & 5 litres)
  • High shear granulator (2 litres & 6 litres)
  • Instrumented rotary tablet press (B&D tooling)
  • Pan coater (perforated drums)
  • Capsule filling machine (manual)
  • High shear homogenizer
  • HPLC with PDA detector
  • Brookfield viscosimeter
  • Dissolution tester
  • UV spectrophotometer 
  • Stability chamber

Applications

  • Markets: Nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals
  • Oral drug delivery systems: IR tablets, MR tablest (Matrix), chewable & ODTs, HG capsules, suspensions (liquid & PFOS), and nutraceuticals
  • Topical delivery systems: Emulsions, gels, ointments sprays

Our team

Our team of scientists, including İrem Erdan, Laboratory Specialist, supports you throughout the product development cycle to ensure you bring your ideas to market quickly and robustly.

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