Helping the medicine go down
Sunett, a high intensity sweetener made by Nutrinova, of Frankfurt in Germany, has been authorised by the Japanese ministry of health, labour and welfare, for use in ethical, otc and 'quasi' drugs. Its first use will be in an otc drug for nasal catarrh. The pharmaceutical grades of Sunett are listed under acesulfame K in the EP (1998:1282) and in the drug master file of the FDA.
'Homogenisation of markets, as well as stringent regulations, mean it is important to multinational manufacturers that the ingredients they use are accepted internationally,' said Peter Brown, head of global marketing at Nutrinova.