USP 232 & 233
The long established method for testing for heavy metals in pharmaceuticals, the colorimetric limit test, is about to become obsolete. Both the USP and the EP have announced their intentions to move from the old test to an instrumental method utilizing modern equipment such as the ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) to obtain quantitative results.
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tion of metals. The instrument park consisting of nine high-resolution ICP-MS instruments along with several ICP-OES and AFS systems, places ALS at the pinnacle of the best-equipped laboratories globally.
The laboratory has met FDA approval, and is GMP and GLP compliant. Experienced staff has successfully validated more than 70 client-specific methods and will welcome further requests from the industry.
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Katarina Lahti (telephone +46 920 28 99 12)