Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Testing and Analysis

For many years, Green Globe Laboratories (previously known as Fitzsimmons & Associates)
has developed new methods for breaking down complex chemical formulations to determine
the exact content and identity of their component chemicals.  An important class of such
formulations is Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical products.
Method Development and Validation
Green Globe Laboratories (previously known as Fitzsimmons & Associates) can develop
unique methods for the analysis of active pharmaceutical components in prescription drug
formulations and validate these methods by GLP procedures.  These assay procedures are
usually based on HPLC and/or GC chromatographic methods and are unique to the specific
drug components involved.  A comprehensive method development program report is
generated from this work for the client and these methods can be transferred to the client's
laboratory.
This laboratory can also provide routine quality control assays of the client's pharmaceutical
products and provide regular reports.  These analyses will, of course, be based on validated
methods either provided by the client or developed in this laboratory.
Green Globe Laboratories (previously known as Fitzsimmons & Associates)is a State of
Illinois licensed drug analysis laboratory (license # 097-001349) and is a DEA registered
laboratory (Reg. # RF0298756).
Other Analysis and Testing Services
Laboratory Instrumentation Used for These Analyses
  • Identification of the components of drug formulations.
  • Detection and identification of contaminants.
  • Determination of residual solvent content.
  • Trace metals and inorganic content.
  • Thermal analysis for melt temperature and thermal stability.
  • Microanalysis of powdered drugs.
  • Particle sizing and uniformity.
  • HPLC (with UV detection)
  • GC (with MS, FID, ECD, or PID detection)
  • DSC Thermal Analysis
  • FTIR and Micro FTIR Spectroscopy
  • NIR Spectroscopy
  • Optical Microscopy and Electron Microscopy (SEM)
  • UV/Vis Spectroscopy
  • X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Previously Known as
Fitzsimmons and Associates