Raw Materials & Manufacturing | Raw Materials Verification

To avoid manufacturing errors, accepting incoming materials for pharmaceutical manufacture requires verification of the material’s identity. The resources needed to do this testing can be high, particularly where 100 % testing is mandatory or desirable. Chemetrix offers a range of Spectroscopy and Chromatography based solutions for fast and efficient Raw materials verification.

 

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Verifying Raw Materials Using Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy

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Through-Container Identity Verification of Polysorbates 20, 40, 60, and 80 with the Agilent RapID Raman System

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Raw Material Identity Verification in Biopharmaceutical Production Using the Agilent RapID Raman System

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Raw Material Identity Verification in Sterile Manufacturing Using the Agilent RapID Raman System

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Rapid Identification of Polysorbates 20 and 80 Directly Through Amber Bottles

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Measuring raw materials without sampling—directly through their containers

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Identifying Raw Materials Directly Through Paper Sacks

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Quality Control | Dissolution Testing

Drug dissolution testing provides necessary in vitro drug release information for pharmaceutical manufacturing quality control, making it a critical tool for performance characterization of diverse dosage forms. Agilent offers pharmaceutical dissolution testing products for product formulation and other applications.

 

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Merits of Automated Sampling in Dissolution Testing

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Dissolution Systems Source Book

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Quality Control | Residual Solvent Testing

Residual solvent impurities in pharmaceuticals are trace amounts of volatile organic compounds used in drug production that remain in the final drug product. Strict regulations require close monitoring on the presence of residual solvent, as even trace amounts can impact drug safety and efficacy.

 

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Satisfy Requirements for Residual Solvent Analysis

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Residual Solvents Analysis Using an Agilent Intuvo 9000 GC with 8697 Headspace Sampler

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Analysis of USP Method <467> 

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Quality Control | Elemental Impurities

With increasing awareness of the potential harmful effects of inorganic contaminants, regulatory organizations have provided new guidelines recommending analytical techniques, such as ICP-OES and ICP-MS, to monitor elemental impurities. Agilent offers integrated solution for confident elemental impurities testing.

 

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USP <232>/<233> and ICH Q3D Elemental Impurities Analysis by ICP-OES

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USP <232>/<233> and ICH Q3D Elemental Impurities Analysis: Agilent’s ICP-MS solution

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Support for 21 CFR Part 11 and Annex 11 Compliance: SDA Module for Agilent ICP-MS MassHunter Software

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Simplified QC for Pharmaceutical Elemental Impurity Analysis

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Quality Control | Nitrosamine Mutagenic Impurities

Several drug products were recently recalled due to the presence of unacceptable amounts of mutagenic nitrosamine impurities. Chemetrix offers relevant GC/MS, LC/MS and high-throughput MS-based analytical technologies to accurately detect and quantify trace mutagenic and genotoxic impurities in drug products.

 

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Nitrosamine Impurities Application Guide

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Determination of Nitrosamine Impurities Using the Ultivo Triple Quadrupole LC/MS

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Quantification of Nitrosamine Impurities in Metformin Using Agilent GC/MS/MS Instrumentation

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Determine Nitrosamines Using LC/MS in Metformin-Based Drugs

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Determination of a Genotoxic NDMA Impurity Using the High-Resolution Agilent 6546 LC/Q-TOF in Ranitidine

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Quality Control | Extractables & Leachables

Extractables and leachables (E&Ls) analysis is challenging and requires complete confidence in the results to ensure regulatory compliance. No single analytical tool can analyze all E&Ls; we offer diverse analytical technologies and expertise for the accurate identification and quantification of potential E&Ls.

 

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Analysis of Extractable/Leachable Compounds from Generic Liquid Drug Formulations Using GC/MSD Systems

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Analysis of Extractable and Leachable (E&L) Compounds Using a Low-Energy EI-Capable High-Resolution Accurate Mass GC/Q-TOF

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Raw Materials & Manufacturing | TOC Analysis

Pharmaceutical Companies have to meet major global regulatory requirements when using water in their manufacturing processes and final products, including USP <643> and <645>, EP 2.2.44 Total Organic Carbon, IP 2.4.30, CP Appendix VIII R, and JP16 2.59 monographs for Purified Water and Water for Injection. Chemetrix offers the industry leading range of Suez TOC products to help pharmaceutical manufacturers to meet these requirements.

 

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Sievers M9 Portable TOC Analyzer for maintenance and control of pharmaceutical water systems

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Cleaning Validation (Lab, At-Line, and On-Line) with Sievers M9 TOC Analyzers

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Controlled/Seized Substances | Direct analysis of Controlled Substances

Is your lab struggling with a growing caseload of samples that require fast, accurate analysis? Identify controlled substances with little or no sample preparation! Agilent QuickProbe technology delivers direct analysis on GC/MS or on a TOF/Q-TOF/MS using the DART (direct analysis in real time) interface. Handheld Raman and FTIR systems for portable or out-of-laboratory measurements are also available. Whichever option is best suited to your needs, Agilent can help you identify your unknowns with confidence.

 

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Fast Analysis Workflow with No Sample Preparation for Forensic Applications Using QuickProbe GC/MS

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Why Stop at Detection? Start Identifying

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Controlled/Seized Substances | Seized/Controlled Substances Identification

Seeking to expand, update, or enhance your lab’s capacity for forensic drug testing? ASTM E2329-17 Standard Practice for the Identification of Seized Drugs describes the minimum criteria and approved technologies required for the qualitative analysis of controlled substances. Learn how Chemetrix can help you comply with this standard and identify your unknowns with confidence.

 

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Analysis of Drugs of Abuse by GC/MS Using Ultra Inert Universal Sintered Frit Liners

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Forensic Analysis of Drugs of Abuse With the Agilent 8890 GC

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Rapid LC/TOF MS for Analytical Screening of Drugs in the Clinical Research Lab

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Cocaine identification in seized drug samples by FTIR

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Controlled/Seized Substances | Rapid Screening and Identification of Novel Psychoactive Substances

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A Comprehensive Approach to Targeted and Untargeted Screening Methodology for Emerging Synthetic Fentanyl Analogues

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Quantitative Determination of Drugs of Abuse in Human Whole Blood by LC/MS/MS Using Agilent Captiva EMR—Lipid Cleanup

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