Export region

Tablet coating material exported to Africa

High volume generic manufacture across a spread of national regulators, most of which lean on WHO-GMP.

Written by the Rglax Pharma technical team, who formulate and manufacture every grade named on this page at our WHO-GMP works in Tahliwal, Una (drug manufacturing licence NNZ/23/238). Reviewed 3 September 2026. Licences and certificates.

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Coated tablets tumbling in a coating pan — The markets we supply across Africa, and the route from Tahliwal. Not a statement of registration in any market.

What this region runs

The continent runs a large share of Africa’s own generic manufacture alongside imported finished product. Anti infectives, antimalarials, analgesics and multivitamins dominate the oral solid mix, and several national regulators accept a WHO-GMP assessment as the basis for a supplier.

Why our range fits it

Most of the region sits in ICH stability Zone IVb, hot and very humid. That single fact drives more coating decisions here than anything else, because a film that holds in a temperate warehouse can fail a Zone IVb stability pull. Our moisture barrier grades exist for exactly this problem, and the enteric grades are formulated to keep their integrity through the same conditions.

What to send us

Send the tablet, the target shelf life and the stability zone you are testing to. If you have a failed stability pull, send the data with it, because the failure tells us more about which grade you need than the specification does.

Market facts

Markets: Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa
Pharmacopoeia: British Pharmacopoeia and USP are both in common use, with WHO guidance underneath.
Exported from: Plot No. 30, Industrial Area Tahliwal, Himachal Pradesh, India
Licence: NNZ/23/238
Compliance: WHO-GMP Compliance Unit
DMF: U.S.-DMF applied

Regulators you would be working under

NAFDAC, Nigeria
PPB, Kenya
FDA, Ghana
TMDA, Tanzania
SAHPRA, South Africa

Listed so you know the framework we would be supplying into. It is not a claim that we hold a registration or approval with any of them.

Grades

The 4 grades most asked for in Africa.

Chosen against the climate zone, the product mix and the documentation expectations of the region. Each links to its full page, with the process parameters it was developed on.

MB 31RP Moisture barrier
Moisture barrier for multivitamin and ferrous tablets
Solvent base barrier film for hygroscopic multivitamin and iron formulations.
Solvent base moisture barrier film coat for Multivitamin and Ferrous group tablets. It protects the core from moisture pick-up and from the colour change that follows it on shelf.
Base ·
Non-aqueous (solvent)
Finish ·
Colour or white, moisture barrier
Formulated against ·
Multivitamins, Ferrous group
AQ-ZWt10 Film coating
Aqueous film coat, extra white
Water base extra white film coat for cores that show through a standard white.
Aqueous extra white film coat developed for tablets where the core colour bleeds through a conventional white film. Calcium and Azithromycin cores are the usual cases. It gives higher opacity at the same build-up.
Base ·
Aqueous
Finish ·
Extra white, high opacity
Formulated against ·
Calcium, Azithromycin
ECM-RP347 Enteric coating
Enteric coat, methacrylic base, non-aqueous
Solvent base methacrylic enteric film for the Pantoprazole group.
Methacrylic base enteric coating applied from a non-aqueous system, formulated for the Pantoprazole group and other dissolution critical enteric tablets. It runs best over a transparent seal coat such as SC-401, which protects the acid labile core.
Base ·
Non-aqueous (solvent)
Finish ·
Enteric film, gastro resistant
Formulated against ·
Pantoprazole group
SC-401 Seal and pre-coat
Transparent seal coat and pre-coat
Clear sub-coat laid down before an enteric layer on acid labile cores.
Transparent layer seal coat or pre-coat applied ahead of an enteric coat, specified for the Pantoprazole group. It isolates the core from the enteric polymer and gives the functional layer a uniform surface to build on.
Base ·
Aqueous or non-aqueous
Finish ·
Transparent
Formulated against ·
Pantoprazole group