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           COMPANY PROFILE

           OVERVIEW

Founded in 1953, S.M.B. is a Belgian, independant, integrated pharmaceutical company specialized in:
    - Research & Development of pharmaceuticals in the field of oral drug delivery systems (GALENICs).
    - Manufacturing of products of SMB's own galenical development, both prescription and over-the-counter products.
The activities of S.M.B. involve new formulations and/or new chemical entities, clinical testing, registration and production of pharmaceutical products both in the US and EEC utilizing both conventional and advanced drug delivery technologies.

            

                                                           (our manufacturing plant in Belgium)

Since more than 50 years, S.M.B. uses its experience, its know-how and the best existing technologies to identifie and develop its own pharmaceutical forms that are designed to improve patients outcomes. The goal of S.M.B's galenical development is to achieve better efficacy and better tolerance of the medicine and thus better patient compliance. In S.M.B., R&D is perhaps the most vocational activity, while at the same time, being the activity that allows us to maintain our independence as a company.

Thanks to the success of its R&D Department, S.M.B. has become internationally recognized in the field of human health care in various high-tech areas such as Micropellets (microgranules for once daily administration), LidoseŽ (semi-solid lipidic matrix in hard capsule formulation), DivuleŽ (high gloss gelatine coated tabs), DPI (Dry Powder Inhaler) and Effervescent Tablets design and large scale production.

S.M.B. proposes a balanced portfolio of products mainly in:

  •  Respiratory tract
  •  Cardiovascular system
  •  Pain management
  •  and OTC