Physical Characterization Testing for Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical Physical characteristics of APIs and formulated products.
Physical characterization services which are GLP, GCP or cGMP compliant assist with quality control, manufacturing troubleshooting, contamination issues and other investigations. Applications include solid dosage forms, suspensions, particulates, gels and liquid emulsions.
Molecular level physical characterization:
- Microscopy
- Light Microscopy (IR, Fluorescence, Polarised Light, DIC)
- Electron Microscopy (SEM, SEM-EDX, TEM, cryo-EM)
- Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Interferometry
- STEM, AFM
- NMR Analysis
Pharmaceutical Particulate characterisation
- Powder X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
- Particle morphology and Particle Size testing
- Particle Analysis and Testing
- Dynamic Light Scattering
- Elemental Analysis
Bulk level characterization:
- Powder X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
- Thermal analysis (DSC, TGA)
- Surface area, porosity, porosimetry
- Powder flow characteristics including pourability, dustability
- Physico-chemical properties
Powder X-Ray Diffraction can be used to study API polymorphs using morphological pure references as a comparison for the product during the development process, or as a QC test.
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