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EAG Laboratories Opens Dedicated ICP-Mass Spectroscopy Laboratory To Address Enhanced Regulation of Metals and Impurities in Pharmaceuticals

EAG Laboratories, a global scientific services company that provides testing, analytical and characterization services to technology- and life-science-related industries, today announced new investment in a dedicated, high-throughput laboratory to address more rigorous requirements for the determination of elemental impurities in human drug products. The expansion includes six new state-of-the-art Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS) instruments at its cGMP pharmaceutical laboratory in Columbia, Missouri.

The pharmaceutical industry has a critical need for high-quality contract laboratory partners who understand the guidelines, can perform required risk assessments and have the capacity to execute validated analytical procedures. EAG brings decades of experience and expertise in metallurgical analyses and impurity characterization to these latest regulations.

EAG’s CEO, Siddhartha Kadia, Ph.D.

Although controlling metals and other impurities has long been a concern for drug manufacturers, recent guidance sets stricter limits and outlines analytical procedures for compliance. Recommendations published in June 2016 by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) seek to align U.S. regulation with the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) Q3D guidance and previously published United States Pharmacopeia (USP) requirements. The regulations affect manufacturers of brand-name, generic and over-the-counter drugs and require compliance by January 1, 2018.

ICP/MS is the best choice for elemental metals analysis because of its high sensitivity, specificity and ability to monitor all metals simultaneously. These instruments allow us to measure impurities more precisely and more quickly than older technology, and the new laboratory’s capacity and redundancy supports the high sample volumes we will see in the coming year.

EAG Senior Scientific Advisor, Wayland Rushing, Ph.D.

EAG’s facility in Syracuse, New York, also performs the initial survey screens required on drug product and drug substance, as well as ICP/MS method development services. Multiple EAG facilities worldwide routinely identify, characterize and investigate sources of impurities that can occur in pharmaceutical ingredients, manufacturing processes and packaging for customers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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