Irving-based Carrington extends alcohol contract with SERCOHOL

by PegNews wire

IRVING — Carrington Laboratories, Inc. today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Sabila Industrial in Liberia, Costa Rica has signed an extension of its existing contract with Servicios de Alcohol S.A. (SERCOHOL), a Costa Rican firm that has done business with Carrington for nearly fifteen years.

An adequate supply of medicinal grade alcohol is critical to the Sabila Industrial operations. Sabila produces all of Carrington's raw materials: Hydrapol, Manapol, Acemannan Hydrogel, Acemannan Immunostimulant, and GelSite, the raw material used by Carrington's wholly owned subsidiary DelSite in the nasal delivery of vaccines and therapeutics. New raw materials currently being developed will also use alcohol.

Mr. Jose Zuniga, vice president of Operations at Carrington, stated, "The extension of the current alcohol contract will allow us to plan, develop, and produce new raw materials needed by Carrington and DelSite, with essentially the same pricing and conditions as the current contract."

SERCOHOL will continue to operate onsite facilities to recover and purify the alcohol used in the processing of Carrington's raw materials. The contract will run through May 30, 2013.

Carrington Laboratories, Inc. is an ISO 9001-certified, research-based, biopharmaceutical and consumer products company currently utilizing naturally-occurring complex carbohydrates to manufacture and market products for mucositis, radiation dermatitis, wound and oral care.

Source: Carrington Laboratories