Belgian contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Ardena has launched Ardena LSI, a new business arm dedicated to the sale of chemical ingredients and intermediates for the life science industry. Ardena will manufacture ingredients including 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether (BDDE) and 1-ethyl-3-3(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC-HCl) Ultra-pure at its GMP-certified plants in Europe. The ingredients can be used by pharmaceutical manufacturers in the development of drug products and for applications in health care and cosmetics products such as dermal fillers.