Bio/Pharmaceutical Analysis, ICP-MS

By adapting techniques from other sciences-and exploring better tools for biologics drug development-researchers are addressing challenges of protein characterization.

Materials in contact with a drug must be fully characterized to ensure they do not negatively affect the safety and efficacy of the product.

A new book by Robert Thomas, principal consultant at Scientific Solutions, provides a training tool for novices and inexperienced users of plasma spectrochemistry as well as for supervisors and senior management who want to better understand the analytical issues. Measuring Elemental Impurities in Pharmaceuticals: A Practical Guide, published on Feb.

SGS expands its elemental impurity testing services at its laboratory in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France.

Dedicated facility will address enhanced regulation of metals and impurities in pharmaceuticals.

The ICPMS-2030 inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments is designed for efficient, sensitive trace element analysis.

The authors describe a rapid, single-point calibration approach for ICP–MS analysis of raw materials used in drug product manufacturing.

7900 ICP-MS Increases Efficiency