Waxoils: Developing Customizable Excipients For Pharmaceutical Applications

Priyank Sarvaiya

Director

The landscape of pharmaceutical excipients is experiencing a dynamic advancement, driven by factors like increasing drug development, and emphasis on high-quality ingredients, while simultaneously witnessing a paradigm shift brought on by regulatory changes. The status of excipients has transformed in the pharmaceuticals industry with those labeled as per pharmaceutical monographs (and manufactured by GMP certified vendors) being preferred over unlabelled excipients.

For pharmaceutical formulators, the real challenge lies in identifying GMP-certified vendors, to simplify which, detailed vendor approval and monitoring programs for excipients along with continuous vendor audit frameworks have been setup by various formulators. Accountability and conformity to industry regulatory norms, along with innovation and sustainability measures is the need of the hour. With over five decades of experience in this domain, Waxoils, a Mumbai-based pharmaceutical excipients manufacturing firm established in 1969, stands as an industry pioneer. A reliable legacy organization, Waxoils has experienced the industry’s evolution over the decades, and grown with agility, adapting to changes and advancements, maintaining a competitive edge.

Pioneering Excipient Manufacturing

Established with the purpose of refining Beeswax in 1969, Waxoils is positioned as India’s first manufacturer to offer pharmaceutical grade Beeswax, also known as white Beeswax IP, as a bulk drug under drug license. Growing with market changes and dynamics over three generations, the company has advanced significantly from a small single wax manufacturing line to a major and highly versatile state GMP and GLP certified manufacturing unit, comprising several manufacturing lines for waxes and Petrolatums. The 50 year-old manufacturing unit is undergoing 100 percent capacity expansion in addition to compliance to the latest FDA regulations . The firm has also grown from a single product to fifty products, encompassing a complete range of natural, petroleum, oleochemical, and synthetic waxes, which can also be customized based on specific client demands.

A reliable legacy organization, Waxoils has experienced the industry’s evolution over the decades, and grown with agility, adapting to changes and advancements, maintaining a competitive edge
Priyank Sarvaiya, Director

The firm’s comprehensive quality checks and quality assurance system is strengthened by its stringent raw material and packing material sourcing and dispensing processes. Sourcing from approved vendors, the company samples every batch of materials, curates detailed analysis, and approves based on Internal Specifications. Proper ‘under test’ and ‘approved’ segregation regions are created to prevent mix up of raw materials. A dedicated quality assurance department handles all inspections, while also carrying out periodic studies aligned with ICH guidelines.

“Our products comply with international standards and are competitively priced. With over 50 years of service to the Indian cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry, we focus on providing knowledge based technical support to all our customers and we work jointly with our customers for development of new products. We emphasize local sourcing to reduce import dependency and maintain a smooth supply chain. Moreover, we have established robust eco-friendly processes like reusing domestic liquid waste for gardening, disposing of packaging waste through government-approved recycling agencies, and using natural piped gas for boilers, which is a green fuel with low emissions”, shares Priyank Sarvaiya, Director, Waxoils.

Offering customizable solutions, the company houses a technical team that exclusively works on understanding the precise client needs, including specific tests, identity, and compliance requirements, thereby ensuring the manufactured batch aligns accurately to these needs. The customizable solutions extend to diverse client segments, catering to varied levels of customization requirements.

“For product modifications or for a completely new product, there is an ongoing process of new product development by the R&D team. Our expertise in wax manufacturing ensures development of optimized solutions. For clients that have encountered problems with competitors for the same products, and approach us for troubleshooting, we leverage our expertise to address the majority of issues either by suggesting incorporation of a standard product manufactured by ourselves in their existing formulation, or sometimes with a tailor made product to suit their formulations”, adds Priyank Sarvaiya.

The firm also caters to clients that have very unique and specific requirements in terms of certain applications and parameters. The team at Waxoils collaborates comprehensively with such client segments to arrive at optimum product quality, ensuring unmatched client satisfaction.

Fulfilling Global Trends

Carrying forward its legacy of excellence, the company is determined to stay ahead of market changes and trends. A key area of focus for the firm is the evolutions within the skincare sector, which is witnessing an increasing demand for ingredients sourced from sustainable sources. Aligned with this global demand, the firm has launched 'Veganceras', the Native Indian range of vegetarian alternatives for skin care.

This range exclusively utilizes sustainable raw materials including oleochemical waxes in place of petroleum waxes and silicones for purposes like consistency building, drag reduction and improved spreadability in formulations and enhancement of sensorial factors like skin conditioning and after feel.

Highlighting Indian origin ingredients, this range of products is not only competitively priced, but also boasts extremely short supply lead times, while taking indigenous ingredients to mainstream skincare production, unraveling the potential of Indian native ingredients.

Through these initiatives along with its focus to providing unparalleled products, the company is not only providing a range of high-quality excipients, but also setting the benchmark within the excipients sector by going above and beyond to stay ahead of industry changes, and promoting local ingredients.