Collaboration and Expertise in Contract Analytical Chemistry Archives - Pharmaceutical Technology

A review of changing regulatory and analytical requirements of free amino acid monographs of the European Pharmacopoeia

elsie — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:59:45 +0000

Butterworth Laboratories looks at the current amino acid testing landscape since the changes in monographs introduced in 2013.

A new era for pMDI propellants

alison — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:06:33 +0000

Is the pharmaceutical industry prepared to phase out HFAs used in pressurised metered-dose inhalers (pMDI) for the treatment of asthma?

Helium supply and the increase in use of hydrogen as a gas chromatography carrier gas

alison — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:27:17 +0000

When changing from helium to hydrogen as a GC carrier gas, there are several important considerations to bear in mind.

WHO cough mixture health alerts raises questions about slack compliance in manufacturing

alison — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:24:18 +0000

A string of fatalities linked to contaminated cough syrup in 2022 puts the spotlight on QA in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Thoughts on amendments to ISO 10993-7 medical device ethylene oxide sterilization residuals

Miranda McLaren — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 01:00:00 +0000

Brexit fallout continues with batch testing concerns

Miranda McLaren — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:54:52 +0000

Following the introduction of customs controls in January 2021, medicine imports from the EU fell to their lowest levels in years.

The future of GFAAS in a Contract Laboratory

Miranda McLaren — Wed, 25 May 2022 13:42:12 +0000

A Contract Testing Laboratory always tries to ensure that, wherever possible, it has more than one of any particular piece of equipment to ensure continuity of service.

The use of multiple headspace extraction gas chromatography

Juliet Martin — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:09:59 +0000

Multiple headspace extraction gas chromatography (MHE GC) is an analytical technique that is used to calibrate a headspace GC system where all other ‘normal’ approaches have failed.

Experience of Testing Ninhydrin-Positive Substances using Ph.Eur. Monographs

Miranda McLaren — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:14:16 +0000

By Frank Judge, Consultant Chemist – Chromatography, Butterworth Laboratories

The last 30 years of residual solvent analysis at Butterworth Laboratories

Miranda McLaren — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:11:14 +0000

Frank Judge is a consultant chemist at Butterworth Laboratories Limited, an independent contract testing laboratory in the UK.