Pharmaceutical Analysis

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Monday, November 10 2008

Quality / Accreditations

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  • Full GLP compliance (AFSSAPS, AFSSA, COFRAC)
  • Full GMP compliance (authorization Nos. M07/258, AFSSAPS and V2578/07, AFSSA, FDA registration No. 3006118993)
  • Compliance with ICH and VICH guidelines
  • Independent QA Unit
  • Review of protocols / raw data / reports
  • Critical phase inspections
  • Process inspections
  • Monitoring and maintenance of archives for materials and study documentation
  • Internal quality assurance program
  • ISO 14001 Certification (Environment Management System)

Equipment

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  • HPLC systems (UV, DAD, RI, conductivity and fluorescence detection)
  • UPLC-DAD
  • GC-FID, GC-MS (EI, CI) GC - HeadSpace injectors

  • TLC system
  • LC-MS-MS
  • UV/IR spectrophotometers, potentiometer, KF, polarimeter, densimeter, rheometer
  • Dissolution testing systems with automatic sampling and on-line UV detection

  • Equipment for disintegration, friability and hardness tests

  • Osmolality, particle counting and microscopy
  • Stability chambers (in compliance with ICH and VICH guidelines, over 45 m³ of storage)
    • 25°C / 60% RH
    • 30°C / 65% RH and 30°C / 75% RH
    • 40°C / 75% RH
    • 25°C / 60% RH for photostability studies
    • 5°C and - 20°C
    • Other conditions available on request

Services

GLP analysis of dosage forms used for toxicology studies

  • Development and validation of analytical methods
  • GLP analysis of dosage forms used for toxicological and safety pharmacology studies

Analytical development and support for formulation development

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  • Development, pre-validation and robustness of analytical methods
  • Forced degradation and pre-stability studies
  • API/excipient compatibility
  • Analytical support for formulation development and process robustness
  • Establishment of monographs for NCEs and herbal drugs

Validation and Transfer

  • Validation of analytical methods
  • Analysis for cleaning and process validation
  • Design and interpretation of analytical method transfers and robustness studies
  • Experimental design (DOE) and statistical interpretation

Stability studies

  • Stability studies on drug substances and finished products (including clinical batches)
  • On-going stability studies
  • In-use stability studies, cyclic temperature stress studies, photostability
  • Extractables/Leachables studies (packaging)

Micellaneous

  • Identification of impurities by GC/MS or LC/MS/MS
  • Assay of genotoxic impurities (according to CPMP/SWP/5199/02)