What are excipients?  

Excipients are ingredients that make up everything except the active ingredients in a product. To ensure the healthcare outcomes of your patients and to minimise the risk of adverse reactions, you should be aware of all the excipients in your prescriptions. 

Are you getting full disclosure?  

Bio Concepts is the only Australian company to disclose excipients in every formulation - not just selected products. If you're ever unsure about the excipients in our products, give us a call on 07 3868 0699. To read more about why you should know the excipients in your products visit: http://www.australianprescriber.com/magazine/34/4/112/4 

Pharmaceutical excipients – where do we begin?

Excipients have been defined in many ways, including as inert substances used as vehicles and diluents for drugs. The problem with this definition is that in recent years excipients have proved to be anything but inert, not only possessing the ability to react with other ingredients in the formulation, but also to cause adverse and hypersensitivity reactions in patients. These range from a mild rash to a potentially life-threatening reaction. Different brands of the same drug may contain different excipients, especially preservatives and colourants. The Consumer Medicines Information provides a list of excipients, and information on the safety of individual excipients can be found in drug reference guides.

Thousands of different excipients are used in medicines and make up, on average, about 90% of each product. They represent a market value of €3 billion (almost $4 billion) accounting for 0.5% of the total pharmaceutical market according to industry experts. Read more