Company overview

PURAC biomaterials develops, manufactures and markets resorbable polymers and monomers worldwide under the PURASORB^® brand name. PURASORB has been used commercially for over thirty-five years in applications as diverse as resorbable surgical sutures, orthopedic implant devices, cosmetic surgery products and drug delivery systems.

Research into resorbable polymers started at our R&D laboratory in Gorinchem, The Netherlands in the late 1960s. L-lactide was synthesized for the development of resorbable sutures and shortly thereafter the first polymers were synthesized in the lab. In 1990 it was decided to support this growing market with a dedicated Business Unit.

In order to facilitate a rapidly expanding customer base the decision was made in 1999 to build a dedicated state of the art GMP production facility at PURACs location in Gorinchem, The Netherlands. This facility was opened in 2000 and in 2002 the polymer production capacity was doubled. In 2005 a new R&D and QA/QC building was opened. This also made it possible to fully implement our ICHQ7 quality system in 2005.

Thanks to the continued trust of our customers in our capabilities and products we have been able to achieve the above results and become the independent and reliable, large-scale supplier that we are today. We are committed to continuous investment in order to realize our mission: to be the supplier of choice for resorbable polymers by providing high quality products and services to our customers.

We invite you to become a part of our exciting business.