We improve people's quality of life
Ingredients and expertise to help pharmaceutical and nutraceutical partners turn complex formulation problems into medicines and products that patients can actually use.
Better medicines don’t start in a boardroom. They start with a challenge: a molecule that won’t compress, a pediatric dose that tastes bad, a vaccine that needs a more effective adjuvant, a timeline that will not wait.
SPI Pharma exists for that moment.
For more than 75 years we have developed excipients, drug-delivery technologies, vaccine adjuvants, antacid actives, and formulation solutions that help customers bring differentiated products to market with greater speed and fewer costly surprises.
We are headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, and we work with teams across the world. Our global network includes manufacturing, R&D, and commercial teams across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and South Africa, serving customers in more than 50 countries.
What we do
We don’t just supply ingredients. We help close the gap between a promising formula and a product that reaches patients.
Our work includes
- Functional excipients for solid oral dose
- Taste-masking and patient-friendly formats, including ODT and ODP
- Drug-delivery systems
- Vaccine adjuvants
- Antacid actives
How we work
Formulation scientists do not need another catalog. They need a counterpart who can help them overcome complex challenges.
We work alongside R&D, process development, and procurement teams. We bring technical depth, quality-focused manufacturing, and a drive toward decisions that move a program forward.
Expect us to be expert, collaborative, and direct. We will ask the important question. We will not hide behind jargon when a plain answer will do. Clarity and accuracy always comes first.
Why are we changing our look?
We have refreshed the way we look to better reflect who we are and what we believe.
The work we do is scientific. The reason we do it is human. Every tablet, powder, and vaccine is a means to improving patient quality of life: walking, working, sitting at a table with someone you love. It's about living life not medical routines.
That is why our style is bright not clinical.
We know that challenges are solved together and the best formulations are developed in a partnership, not a transaction.
Our Mission
To collaborate closely with customers to solve formulation challenges with scientific expertise, regulatory insight, and speed — delivering high-quality solutions they can count on.
Our Values
People
We put people at the heart of every decision — our colleagues, our customers, and the people who rely on the treatments and products we help bring to life.
Collaboration
We work openly and supportively — across teams and with our customers — to make progress easier and deliver a better experience for everyone we work with.
Expertise
We apply scientific insight, regulatory expertise, and industry knowledge to help customers make better decisions and create better products.
Agility
We move with speed and flexibility, adapting quickly to meet the evolving needs of our customers and making it easy to do business with us.
Simplicity
We bring clarity to complicated problems by removing barriers and streamlining complex formulation challenges.
Reliability
We do what we say — delivering consistently, safely, on time, and with the quality our customers count on.
Parent Company
We are part of ABF Ingredients, a division of Associated British Foods plc. That gives us the focus of a specialist partner together with the scale and backing of a global group of specialty ingredients companies.
Companies within ABFI include
