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Frequently Asked Questions


Transaction and logistics

For pack sizes up to 500 g, please order directly from Pharmacosmos via this website. For larger pack size requirements, please request a quotation via the website on a specific product page or send an email to dextran@pharmacosmos.com. Our standard pack sizes are 5 kg and 50 kg, and we dispatch directly to customers worldwide. 

We dispatch all orders directly from our manufacturing facilities in Denmark (Europe) to any company address worldwide. We also have a distributor in China – Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co. Ltd, www.dextran.com.cn – and a distributor in Korea – SK Bioland, www.dextran.kr

Yes. We dispatch with DHL.

For small quantities, please expect shipment by courier within five business days after receipt of payment. For large quantities, please contact us for more information.

Yes. We will send you a tracking number as soon as possible after the goods have been collected at our facilities.

Yes. We accept Visa and MasterCard. 

Our standard terms of payment are prepayment either by Visa, MasterCard or bank transfer (pro forma invoice).

Our quality dextrans are available for purchase online. Our Technical Quality Dextrans are available in pack sizes of 5 g (most fractions), 100 g and 500 g. Our Pharmaceutical Quality Dextrans are available in 100 g and 500 g sizes for online purchase. For larger pack size requirements, please request a quotation via the website on a specific product page or send an email to dextran@pharmacosmos.com. Our standard pack sizes are also 5 kg and 50 kg.

Pharmacosmos' dextran products do not contain any materials of human or animal origin nor any animal derived additives.

Due to a large number of requests for free samples, we are forced to refrain from handing out free samples as a general policy. However, Pharmacosmos does make exceptions to this rule in cases of interest to the dextran society in general or for highly relevant scientifically or commercial projects.

Product information

Yes, Pharmacosmos' dextrans are free from BSE and TSE. No materials used in the manufacturing processes of our dextrans are susceptible to TSE (ref. European Commission Decision 97/534/EC, Ph. Eur. chapter 5.2. transmitting animal spongiform encephalopathy agents via medicinal products and the related general monograph no. 1483, EMEA/410/01 rev.2 and Resolution AP-CSP (99) 4). Note that some other dextran producers include animal components in the form of milk-based culture components in their production of dextran. 

According to Article 2(9) of the Regulation (EC) No.1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006, dextrans are polymers of glucose and, therefore, exempt from the obligation to register. Furthermore, the monomer of Dextran products (glucose) does not have to be registered as glucose is exempt from the obligation to register in accordance with Article 2(7)(a).

Additionally, clinical grade Dextrans used as API in human or veterinary medicinal products or used as additives in food or feeding stuff are exempt from registration according to Article 2(5)(a) and Article 2(5)(b) respectively.

Pharmaceutical Quality Dextran is of the highest quality and suitable for applications for human or veterinarian use. When dextran is used in a pharmaceutical product or medical device, we recommend a Pharmaceutical Quality Dextran. Pharmaceutical Quality and Technical Quality differ in the analytical package, specification, documentation support and availability of quality services. 

Yes. Our dedicated production facility enables us to deliver high quality dextran derivatives – both as standard products and as custom-made solutions.

Please click here for more information. 

Yes. Pharmacosmos has highly developed manufacturing facilities for the separation, purification and characterisation of dextran fractions. We are specialised in the development of customised dextran fractions with respect to molecular weight distribution and purity profile. 

When GE Healthcare stopped offering dextran (2003) they recommended their customers to shift to dextran from Pharmacosmos. Pharmacosmos is the world’s leading manufacturer of dextran and is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and certified by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM). 

Talk to our specialists


Henriette Blyitgen

Carbohydrate Sales Manager

Anne-Marie J. Ørkild

Head of Carbohydrates Sales & Marketing

Company Information


Business hours

Monday to Friday

08:00-16:00 CET

Company address

Pharmacosmos A/S

Roervangsvej 30

DK-4300 Holbaek

Denmark

Tel: +45 5948 5959

www.pharmacosmos.com

Company information

VAT no. DK15517085


VAT no. Export (for clients outside Denmark):

DK29127204

Bank information

Nordea Bank A/S

DK-0900

Copenhagen C

Denmark

Tel: +45 3333 3333

International account no.

EUR IBAN: DK19 2000 5005 848 882

USD IBAN: DK71 2000 5005 612 139

BIC code/SWIFT address: NDEADKKKXXX

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