November 11th 2024
Pharmaceutical excipients, such as polyethylene glycol-based polymers, must be tested for the presence of ethylene oxide (EtO) and 1,4-dioxane as part of a safety assessment, according to USP Chapter <228>.
Novel Analytical Methods for the Discovery and Trace Analysis of Biochemically Active Compounds
September 1st 2009Novel analytical methods for the discovery and trace analysis of biochemically active compunds in three main area are described: protein analysis, screening technologies and multidimensional separations.
BioTek Instruments appoints New Zealand distributor
August 7th 2009BioTek Instruments has appointed Millennium Science as their official distributor in New Zealand. Millennium Science will now be responsible for sales and support of the company?s entire line of microplate-based instrumentation and software in New Zealand and Australia.
Study of drug quality in the Indian market
June 26th 2009India is an increasingly influential player in the global pharmaceutical market. A pilot study, conducted in two major cities in India, Delhi and Chennai, explored the proliferation of substandard and counterfeit drugs in the market and discussed how the Indian state and federal governments could improve drug regulation and regulatory enforcement to combat this.
Approaches to Singleton Achiral Purification of Difficult Samples for Discovery Research Support
April 1st 2009Several approaches for purifying difficult samples more efficiently for discovery research support are mentioned in this paper. These approaches use mass triggered HPLC on various specialty columns.
A Quality-by-Design Methodology for Rapid LC Method Development, Part II
January 1st 2009This second part of the series describes the data loss inherent in most early method development experiments due to coelution, peak exchange, and the general difficulty of accurately identifying peaks across the experiment trial chromatograms.
A Quality-by-Design Methodology for Rapid LC Method Development, Part I
December 1st 2008This installation of "Validation Viewpoint" describes how statistically rigorous quality-by-design (QbD) principles can be put into practice to accelerate each phase of liquid chromatography (LC) instrument method development.
Analytical Method Validation in Proteomics and Peptidomics Studies
November 1st 2008While the "Validation Viewpoint" column has focused on conventional and recombinant pharmaceutical products, and at times, bioanalytical methods, we have just begun to think about method validation as it relates to -omics type studies.
The Role of Polymers in Solid-Phase Extraction and Sample Preparation
November 1st 2008This installment of SPP will compare and contrast the various types of polymeric and non-polymeric sorbents. The major advantages or polymeric sorbents will be discussed, and some applications will illustrate the versatility of polymeric SPE.