CREDIT must go to the food industry for pioneering such alternative food products that are fat-free, gluten-free and cholesterol-free. Hitching a ride on the same bandwagon is one pharmaceutical company who has pioneered the development of the world’s first animal-free content soft capsule.
US pharmaceutical company Cardinal Health made a major breakthrough in capsule shell technology when it successfully manufactured a soft capsule shell that was not derived from gelatin, a kind of animal by-product.