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tagline: Creative chemistry: solutions through the power of chemistry
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# Nippon Shokubai (日本触媒)

Creative chemistry: solutions through the power of chemistry

Listed on cdmo.directory.

## Summary

Japanese specialty chemicals manufacturer with product lines in consumer materials, construction materials, and environmental and water treatment. Excerpts show drug delivery system (DDS) material work with PURMX but no stated contract manufacturing or research services.

## Long description

## Nippon Shokubai (日本触媒)

The excerpts describe Nippon Shokubai as a chemicals company that positions its work as "提案する化学" (creative chemistry), with a stated focus on solving problems through chemistry.

**Product areas named on the site:**
- Consumer and daily-life materials (生活関連材)
- Architecture and building materials (建築・建材)
- Environment and water treatment (環境・水処理)

**Pharma-adjacent activity in the excerpts:**
- A technical collaboration with PURMX on the drug delivery system (DDS) material "Fol-Dab8", described as a test of its applicability to drug discovery in combination with natural-type microRNA.
- Trade-show participation listed for BioJapan 2026, CPHI Japan 2026, and TIDES Europe 2026.

The excerpts do not describe fee-for-service CRO, CDMO, or CMO offerings, and they do not state commercial therapeutics. The company's research and development, business locations, and services pages were not included in the excerpts, so the service profile cannot be confirmed from this material.

_Profile last updated: 2026-10-26T11:01:46.934Z. Profile facts may include AI-assisted enrichment._

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