Shionogi Announces Company Changes

Shionogi Announces Company Changes

WHITSETT, N.C.--Shionogi Qualicaps has named Masa Mori president of ShionogiQualicaps & Co. Ltd. He has been with the company for 23 years and willoversee the manufacturing sites in North Carolina, Spain and Japan to assurecontinued supply of two-piece capsules and filling equipment.

In other news, the company's international quality assurance team has defineda core group of colorants that meet U.S., E.U. and Japanese pharmacopoeias andstandards for oral drug delivery. The company has also enhanced its machineryand capsule pin design to make its capsules compatible with semi-solid, paste,oil and liquid fills. For more details, visit www.qualicaps.com.