Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) regulations for medicinal products define batch release of these products in accordance with the approved product specification. Our laboratories have a wide range of analytical techniques to ensure proper testing in accordance with pharmacopoeial or client-defined methods and to verify that the properties of the released product comply with the defined specification.

By routinely processing a wide range of pharmaceutical matrices, ALS is fully prepared to meet the needs of its clients, their expanding portfolios and various product lines.

Commonly analysed matrices include:

• Tablets
• Capsules
• Powders and granules
• Syrups
• Creams, ointments and gels
• Oral and other liquids

We offer both chemical and microbiological tests:

• Disintegration
• Dissolution profiles
• Dimensions and hardness of solid dosage forms
• Determination of active substance content
• Determination of excipient content
• HPLC - UV, RI, DAD detectors
• GC-FID; headspace
• Ion chromatography
• Identification using FTIR
• Complete microbiological testing - total microorganism counts, pathogens, PET test, bacterial endotoxins
• Elemental contamination using ICP-M