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21-March-2006 - LGC Promochem releases 2006 pharma ‘bible’
The new Pharmaceutical Reference Substances and Impurities
catalogue from LGC Promochem
The release of the 2006 Pharmaceutical reference substances and
impurities catalogue from LGC Promochem is set to make compulsory
reading for the pharmaceutical industry and reinforce LGC
Promochem’s position as Europe’s leading supplier of certified
reference materials.
The catalogue provides researchers and analysts in the
pharmaceutical R&D and generic industry with a central source
to access every relevant reference and impurity standard available,
along with a range of associated analytical laboratory products. It
also provides information on the current and upcoming versions of
publications and subscriptions issued by the United States
Pharmacopeia (USP), European Pharmacopoeia (EP) and British
Pharmacopoeia (BP).
A large proportion of the catalogue is dedicated to primary
pharmaceutical standards from the pharmacopoeias and secondary
impurity standards, the latter with detailed certificates of
analysis. Notable products include Reagecon’s range of ready-to-use
EP reagents and LGC’s (the UK’s designated national
measurement institute (NMI) for chemistry and biochemistry) 1800+
impurity standards.
But the catalogue is designed to contain far more than just
chemical reference standards. LGC Promochem is the only
official authorised ATCC distributor in Europe, so microbiologists
looking for reference materials for organisms specified in the
pharmacopoeias will find the catalogue contains an extensive range
of ATCC cultures. The catalogue even has a range of high purity
analytical solvents for HPLC, VOC/EOX and aromatic hydrocarbon and
residue analysis.
Where possible, the original manufacturers’ descriptions and
spellings have been used throughout the catalogue, but in some
cases additional information has been added so that the lists are
more user-friendly. All information about compendial articles has
been thoroughly checked to make sure it is based on the ‘official’
pharmacopoeial lists and was correct at the time of print. However,
as the industry changes so quickly, LGC Promochem produces a
monthly newsletter, in both print and email formats, to accompany
the catalogue and ensure the industry receives up-to-the-minute
news on alterations and withdrawals of standards as well as price
information and notices of events organised by LGC Promochem.
Notes to Editors