Export region
Tablet coating material exported to the Middle East and GCC
Centralised Gulf registration alongside strong national authorities, with European and US standards expected.
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.
What this region runs
The Gulf combines local formulation plants built to European standards with a heavy import trade. Jordan and Egypt carry established generic industries that export onward into the region, which means their documentation expectations tend to be set by their own export markets rather than by domestic supply.
Why our range fits it
Buyers here usually work to European Pharmacopoeia expectations on excipient identity and specification, and they ask for the paperwork earlier in the conversation than domestic Indian buyers do. Ambient conditions again favour moisture barrier work, and there is real demand for the metallic and pearl finishes on branded generics.
What to send us
Tell us the registration route you are on, national or GCC centralised, and which pharmacopoeial monograph your specification is written against. That determines what we can supply and what we would have to develop.
Market facts
- Markets
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq
- Pharmacopoeia
- European Pharmacopoeia and USP, with the Gulf states generally following EU expectations.
- 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
- SFDA, Saudi Arabia
- MOHAP, United Arab Emirates
- GCC centralised registration
- EDA, Egypt
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 Middle East and GCC.
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.
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
Metallic and pearl film coat
Solvent base metallic and pearl effect film coats, supplied in the agreed shade.
The MNaq series is a non-aqueous ready-mix film coat that gives a metallic or pearl effect finish. Each shade carries its own code, and every code runs the same way on the coater. The shade is matched and confirmed against your reference sample before the batch is released, so a repeat order reproduces the finish you approved rather than a fresh interpretation of it.
- Base ·
- Non-aqueous (solvent)
- Finish ·
- Metallic or pearl, shade on reference
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
Non-aqueous film coat, extra white
Solvent base extra white film coat for high opacity cover on sensitive cores.
Non-aqueous extra white film coat for moisture sensitive tablets that also need high opacity. It combines a solvent process with the covering power of the Wt10 series.
- Base ·
- Non-aqueous (solvent)
- Finish ·
- Extra white, high opacity
What ships to Middle East and GCC
Tablets coated on our own pan at Tahliwal. Shade is matched against a retained sample you send us, not against a colour code.
High gloss metallic finish
Metallic gold film coat
Metallic blue DB3012
Aqueous colour film coat
Read next
- Moisture Barrier CoatingHPMC and PVA based immediate release systems that protect against light, moisture and environmental gases.
- Metallic and Pearl CoatingNon-aqueous metallic and pearl effect film coats, shade matched to your reference sample.
- Enteric Coating SystemDelayed release polymers on methacrylic, phthalate and CAP bases for aqueous or organic processing.
- Film Coating SystemAqueous and non-aqueous film coats, formulated to your application and regulatory requirement.
- How an export order runsEnquiry, trial quantity, documentation and despatch, in the order they happen.
- Technical documentsWhat a TDS, MSDS, CoA and regulatory pack each contain, and which travel with a consignment.
- Licences and certificatesThe drug manufacturing licence, GMP compliance and registrations an importing authority will ask about.