Dr. Walter Bartoli and his wife Ida started to produce the first bile acids in a basic laboratory and in 1949 they founded Industria Chimica Emiliana (ICE).
From the production of Cholic acid they developed through modern technology, bovine and swine bile derivatives becoming one of the most important world producers. The primary raw material consists of ox-bile. The company has established a worldwide network, which controls the collection of ox-bile from the main producing countries. In 1996 the company B.B.A. was established in Brazil with its primary function being the collection of bile from the main Brazilian slaughterhouses. The Brazilian plant produces raw Cholic acid, which is totally exported to Italy for its necessary purification. Cholic acid is the starting material for all other pharmaceutical derivatives.
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