Lifecore’s sodium hyaluronate in the molecular weight (Mw) range of 650KDa to 1.8MDa is aliquoted from lots that meet the European Pharmacopoeia and Japanese Pharmacopoeia monographs for sodium hyaluronate in addition to Lifecore Biomedicals NaHy pharmaceutical specifications. Mw below 650KDa are derived from these pharmaceutical lots by hydrolysis and limited additional processing.