Seppic is a French

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company that designs and supplies specialty products for health and wellbeing. The company is based in France, with distributors and production sites around the world. It has four main areas of business:

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and nutrition,

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and injectables, and industrial specialties. Seppic has been part of the

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group since 1986.“Seppic”, Household & Personal Products Industry,1 February 2011. Its research has led to innovations in medical treatments, such as the creation of CimaVax, the first therapeutic vaccine to treat lung cancer.Manufacturing Process Development for an Epidermal Factor-Based Cancer Vaccine
BioPharm International, 2 October 2008, accessed March 2011.

History

In 1943, French chemist André Bondouy founded SEPPIC (Société d’exploitation pour les produits de l’industrie chimique). Between 1946 and 1972, the company expanded, becoming the distributor for several other chemical manufacturers.
SEPPIC, retrieved 8 November 2011. In 1972, under the leadership of Jean Martineau (then president of the

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), the company purchased Société des Produits Chimiques de la Montagne Noire in

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, France. It created the MONTANE and Montanox product lines of

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, designed for the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and industrial markets. In 1986, Seppic become a wholly owned

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as part of its healthcare business. In 1989, the company established its first American subsidiary in Fairfield,

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. In 2013, after the 2011 divestiture of a significant portion of its Industrial additives business, SEPPIC acquired BiotechMarine, a company specialized in Marine based cosmetic ingredients including plant stem cells. In 2017, Seppic finalized the acquisition of Serdex, a specialist of botanical active ingredients for skin treatment.

Research

Research conducted by Seppic teams has led to several

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s in the cosmetics and health sectors. The company now holds a portfolio of over 140 patent families. In an early example of

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in the 1990s, SEPPIC created Montanov 65, an emulsifier derived from matter of vegetable origin. Later, it created SEPIGELTM 305, a pre-neutralized polymer in an inverse emulsion that enabled new textures, such as gel-creams. In 2008, Seppic adjuvants were used to develop CimaVax, the first therapeutic vaccine to treat lung cancer.

Partnerships

Seppic has research partnerships in the fields of

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, and vaccines with French and international companies, including the Japanese chemical giant Shin-Etsu. Seppic is also involved with the Cosmetic Valley

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.SEPPIC announces the acquisition of BiotechMarine
Seppic.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-01.

References

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