Making API detecting technologies more portable has been a major development in the fight against counterfeit drugs, according to the MHRA, though the biggest threat comes from online sellers.
Malvern Instruments and Kaiser Optical Systems have teamed up to meld Raman spectroscopy with particle characterisation in a unique combination that has application across the drug development and manufacturing process.
UK based researchers have added another dimension to
anti-counterfeiting with an alternative Raman imaging method that
is powerful enough to detect fake drugs without opening the
package.
A suite of optical detection methods, developed by Finnish
researchers alongside world number two drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline,
promises to cut the cost of drug production and increase the safety
and quality of medicinal products.
Micro-particle specialists, rap.ID, are set to expand its new
laboratory premises to meet the demands of contamination-free
particle identification. The move is in response to the increase in
demand for qualified particle counts and...
Pharmaceutical companies will be able to reduce their polymorph and
crystal analysis workload in their drug discovery laboratories
after Thermo Electron upgraded its array automation software for
Raman spectrometers.