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Heraeus Precious Metals (formerly W. C. Heraeus has been one of the top names in industrial precious metal trading and processing for 160 years.
Since the early 1980s the Business Unit Pharmaceutical Ingredients specializes in the production of generic APIs as well as the contract development and manufacture of New Chemical Entities (NCEs).
With a focus on highly potent anti-cancer Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (hAPIs) for cancer therapy and traditionally coming from precious metal compounds like Cisplatin,Carboplatin and Oxaliplatin the Business Unit Pharmaceutical Ingredients today offers a variety of technical expertise.

Our capabilities range from precious metal compounds to organic chemistry and fermentation processes.