AAIPharma Services Corp. has relocated its compendial raw materials testing group to a new purpose-built laboratory space located within the company’s Wilmington, NC headquarters. The move follows a series of recent reinvestments into the company’s core analytical testing business.

The new lab will tie together the compendial raw material testing lab and its supporting business group under one roof. The new location will increase turnaround times for high-quality raw materials testing. The company states that a standard 10-day turnaround will be offered for most compendial raw materials.

Features of the new GMP laboratory space include state-of-the-art engineering controls, updated IT infrastructure utilizing Waters Empower-2 Chromatography Network data acquisition software, updated gas generation systems to support the dedicated Agilent 6890 gas chromatographs, HPLC systems for improved sample through-put and “completely updated support systems down to the new Milli-Q water systems and Lancer Laboratory Glassware Washer.” In addition, the move integrates AAIPharma Services’ physical chemistry and raw materials Laboratories to provide full service compendial testing and API characterization in-house.

Group manager Ryan Taro remarked, “This investment is one more sign of the commitment AAIPharma Services has to its customers in providing top-notch, cGMP testing services to support pharmaceutical and biotech industries.” Future planned improvements include implementation of an online quotation and sample submission system that will facilitate how clients request quotes and submit samples for testing.

The recent lab move is a physical relocation of current lab operations, not a “laboratory site change” associated with the transfer of lab operations from one company to another.