Japanese company specialized in the business of biochemicals, particularly in the ingredient for pharmaceutical sector with specific sodium hyaluronate pharmaceutical grade obtained from microbial fermentation.
Kikkoman’s sodium hyaluronate injectable is used for medical devices and its applications are for knee injections, dermal fillers and ophthalmic viscoelastic devices. Different grades of sodium hyaluronate depending on viscosity are available and these are characterized by low level of endotoxin, deliberately lower than the European Pharmacopoeia limits.
The major quality of Kikkoman is the reproducibility between batches, relative to the desired Molecular Weight.
