Water is essential to the pharmaceutical industry, whether used as a raw material or a solvent in the processing, formulation, manufacture and analysis of pharmaceutical products, notably active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates. The quality of the water must be controlled throughout the production, storage and distribution processes, particularly for microbiological and chemical contaminants. The requirements for water quality are dictated by strict, published guidelines, as part of the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) and the European Pharmacopoeia (EP), amongst others. The consequences of using impure water, contaminated either by bacteria or trace amounts of potentially toxic chemicals may be dire. In the best-case scenario, they may change the concentration of the active ingredient in the final formulation, and in the worst scenario could even result in patient death. One of the most common techniques used in pharmaceutical production to verify drug purity globally is high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Download this white paper to learn more about HPLC in pharmaceutical analysis.
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