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 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

  • 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.

Laboratory Instrumentation Used for These Analyses

  • DSC Thermal Analysis
  • FTIR and Micro FTIR Spectroscopy
  • NIR Spectroscopy
  • Optical Microscopy and Electron Microscopy (SEM)
  • UV/Vis Spectroscopy
  • X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy