News
14-Nov-2005 - LGC, the designated UK national measurement
institute for chemistry and biochemistry, rebrands reference
standards
Mikromol range of reference substances and custom synthesis
services join LGC brand of quality standards
LGC, Europe’s leading provider of analytical and diagnostic
services and reference standards, has announced its migration of
the Mikromol brand, most notably the range of pharmaceutical
impurity reference standards, to its own brand at the 2005 Eastern
Analytical Symposium (EAS), Somerset, New Jersey, USA, 14-17
November.
The pharmaceutical industry is required to control impurities,
or the ‘unwanted’ chemicals, in its formulations. Since its
acquisition of the German company Mikromol in 2003, LGC, the UK’s
designated national measurement institute (NMI) for chemistry and
biochemistry, has continued to develop pharmaceutical impurity
reference standards with its colleagues in Luckenwalde near
Berlin.
Dr Derek Craston, Head of LGC’s Pharmaceutical and Chemical
Services division, said: "Under the management of Dr Günter
Funk and Dr Hans Zimmermann, the Mikromol brand has established an
excellent reputation in the market for the synthesis of
pharmaceutical impurities. The decision to transfer the brand to
LGC is a reflection of the progressive quality of the product, such
that the stringent standards associated with a national measurement
laboratory will soon be achievable. I am delighted by the changes
in quality systems being instituted at Luckenwalde and by the move
of our dedicated scientific team towards higher
accreditation."
Morris Legge, LGC’s International Business Development Manager,
said: " LGC regards EAS as an important event in the analytical
calendar. We wanted to make this announcement at EAS in the USA,
where quality standards are valued across industry, and where
pharmaceutical analysis is seen as a key issue for the sector. LGC
has gained a high standing in Europe and in India for both
producing and, as LGC Promochem, distributing reference standards
from leading suppliers such as NIST. In the USA, LGC Promochem is
better becoming known for the supply of pharmaceutical impurity
reference standards."
LGC Promochem is exhibiting at EAS (Booth 721) and LGC’s Alan
Handley is a contributor to the EAS technical session ‘PAT in the
Pharmaceutical Industry’ on 15 November on, ´The use of relative
response factors in the quantification of impurities in drug
substances and formulations´.
A new laboratory and production facility for pharmaceutical
impurities to support the capability of LGC’s German operation in
Luckenwalde is planned for opening in Bangalore, India, where LGC
Promochem India Private Ltd is based.
The full product range incorporating over 2000 impurity
standards derived from more than 500 APIs (active pharmaceutical
ingredients) can be found in LGC Promochem’s new ‘Pharmaceutical
reference substances and impurities’ catalogue available by
dialling tel: +44 (0) 20 8943 8480 or by visiting www.lgcpromochem.com.
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