Biomaterials Testing Services
Intertek provides extensive analysis and testing services across a diverse range of biomaterials and biopolymers used in healthcare products.
Biomaterials and biolpolymers have found growing application in healthcare technology including drug delivery systems, tissue scaffolds, implants, cosmetics and diagnostics.
There is a rapidly growing interest in the processing of biomaterials to incorporate actives such as antibiotics, synthetic polymers and inorganic species (perhaps as X-ray imaging agent) as developers find new applications. Novel methods of processing have also given rise to materials with controlled physical properties (e.g. porosity).
Intertek's analytical capabilities have been employed to characterise a growing number of biomaterials utilised in healthcare products both physically and chemically. Biopolymer analysis experience include collagen, chitosan, peptide matrices, bionanosystems and resorbable polymers, alginates, polysaccharides, polymer /mineral composites and more.
Biomaterials Analysis Services Include:
- Exploration of physical characteristics by electron and optical microscopy
- Process residuals quantification e.g. antibiotics or surfactants
- Elemental Analysis and Trace Metals
- Determination of active species (total content and distribution)
- Determination of relevant biological species e.g. GAGs, total protein content
- Mechanical testing (e.g. tensile strength)
- Bioanalysis to support preclinical and clinical trials
- ICH Stability studies
- cGMP Pharmaceutical Microbiology Services
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