After 20 years of working in the pharmaceutical industry scouting active
drugs in research to take to market, along with method transfer to the
manufacturing site, I have learned that there is no such...
Tromethamine is a useful compound in pharmaceutical formulations acting
as a buffering agent, an alkalizer, an emulsifying agent, or a
counterion for acidic drug substances. Although tromethamine brin...
Don’t miss your opportunity to join thought leaders and industry experts
in three upcoming pharma-focused events. We will kick things off with a
webinar focused on the real impact of HPLC. We will the...
Fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols
(FODMAPs) are important inactive components to improve over-the-counter
(OTC) pharmaceutical formulations. Compounds in this fa...
Modern advances in pharmacology have resulted in positive benefits for
patients fighting disease, including increased life expectancy and
reduced suffering from disease symptoms. Many of us, our famil...
Why is the 5’ capping important? The 5’ cap of mRNA plays multiple key
biological functions: regulation of nuclear export, prevention of
degradation by exonucleases, and promotion of translation. To e...
It was springtime this year when the new Thermo Scientific GC and GC-MS
product portfolio was announced during an exciting Innovation Summit
virtual event. A series of interesting presentations touchi...
The sun shone down on Cambridge as we saw a welcome return of the
International Reid Bioanalytical Forum. The event had been rescheduled
several times from its normal slot in September and was now nes...
For the first time ever, proteomics and biopharmaceutical laboratories
working in drug discovery and R&D applications can unlock the ability to
clearly decipher complex mixtures of large molecules wit...
AnalyteGuru continues its Networking in Science webinar series with
Naiffer Romero, Senior Scientific Affairs Manager, MSc, MPH, United
States Pharmacopeia (USP), on May 24 at 10 a.m. CDT. In this web...
Discussing industry-wide challenges among industry peers is the best way
to share information and take key learnings from the experiences of
others. We all live and work in the same set of evolving re...
N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) is a highly hepatotoxic compound and known
carcinogen. In recent years, several drugs, including losartan,
ranitidine, and metformin, have been recalled by the U.S. Food ...
AnalyteGuru continues its Networking in Science webinar series with
Paulina Pinedo-Gonzalez, Ph.D., from SGS, Fairfield, New Jersey, on May
11 at 10 a.m. CDT. In this webinar, Dr. Pinedo-Gonzalez will...
The Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry Division and the Clinical
Research Business (which includes PPD® Laboratory services) of Thermo
Fisher Scientific will host side-by-side booths and conference ta...
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant cation in the human body and plays
a key role in many physiological processes, including regulating nerve
and muscle function and supporting energy production. To...
This month the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued further revisions
to the ever-changing guidance for drug producers when it comes to
nitrosamine testing. In 2018 the Federal Drug Administration (...
While ASMS 2021 in Philadelphia is coming to a close, there are no
shortages of announcements coming from a busy week filled with
innovations and solutions for scientists in proteomics,
biopharmaceuti...
The week is flying by at ASMS 2021 in Philadelphia and the latest
innovations continue to roll out for biopharmaceutical laboratories
working across R&D, manufacturing and quality control (QC) environ...
ASMS 2021 is fully underway in Philadelphia, PA and once again we are
excited to be empowering scientists to drive groundbreaking discoveries
with the introduction of new-generation mass spectrometry ...
For years, laboratory professionals gained knowledge through hands-on
experience, personal interactions and discussions at forums, symposiums,
workshops and seminars. Not much had changed since I emba...
Curiosity is the primary driver of science. But developing natural
curiosity into scientific thinking and motivation to uncover the endless
wonders of nature is a difficult task. The Information Techn...
Cyclodextrins are an important family of pharmaceutical excipients that
are widely used as complexing agents to increase the aqueous solubility
of poorly water-soluble drugs. With their characteristic...
Zinc oxide is an important active ingredient in sunscreen, providing
protection from potentially damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation by
scattering, reflecting and absorbing sunlight. Zinc oxide is uni...
The use of performance-enhancing anabolic substances has been banned
since the 1970s in competitive sports. However, substances, especially
steroids, are still frequently detected and misused in sport...
It was Pittcon 2019 when the Thermo Scientific™ TriPlus 500 Headspace
Autosampler was introduced to the market of volatiles organic compounds
(VOC) sampling for GC and GC-MS. Thermo Scientific TriPlus...
Like everyone, I have been relieved to see the end of a challenging
year. It is easy to look back on 2020 and be sad for the many things we
missed out on. No doubt we still have challenges ahead, but ...
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this blog series, we touched upon ways ion
chromatography (IC) can have more uses in the pharma lab than just for
counterion analysis and how it offers a direct approach to pol...
In my last blog post, “Challenging pharmaceutical impurity analyses Part
1 – Derivatization – first choice or last resort?” I looked into some of
the issues that could occur when using derivatization....
With pharmaceutical impurities under increasing scrutiny, recently so
with the nitrosamine issues in Ranitidine and prior to that Valsartan,
the question of ‘What’s in our medicines?’ has never been m...
This diary belongs to Tom, I’m married with two small children aged 5
and 7 and work in the QA/QC department of a medium-sized pharmaceutical
company in the UK. This year, I’ve decided to keep a diary...