- Raw material sourcing
- Solubility profile (in buffers and non-aqueous solvents) and partition coefficient of API
- API compatibility with excipients
- Stability of API and factors affecting stability (including heat, light and pH)
- Method development and method transfer for particle size of wet and dry particles by laser diffraction (for both API and the formulation)
- API characterization by DSC, powder X-ray diffraction, FTIR and particle morphology by optical microscopy
- Formulation and packaging compatibility
- Surface tension of aqueous and non-aqueous liquids
Formulation Services
- Particle size (dry, wet and sprays)
- Rheology/viscosity
- pH
- Specific gravity
- Informal stability/formulation stress testing (both physical and chemical)
- Antimicrobial Effectiveness Testing (AET)
- Formulation container closure compatibility assessment