Pharmaceutical Forensics for Safe Manufacturing and Supply - BI Spain.com - España y América Latina

by Ravi Kalyanaraman, Director at BMS Pharmaceutical Investigations and Technology (PIT) is a group within Global Analytical Technology (GAT) department in the commercial Quality organization within Bristol-Myers Squibb. The PIT group has been a key part in BMS for 30 + years in providing analytical support for commercial manufacturing and in pharmaceutical forensics. This include particulate and foreign matter characterization in pharmaceutical products and screening counterfeit drugs. Several analytical tools and techniques are used by PIT to support the pharmaceutical forensics.This talk will feature all the analytical techniques used by PIT and how the results are used in resolving manufacturing issues and to protect patients from counterfeit drugs. Followed by Why Use Raman Microscopy for Pharmaceutical Forensics? by Dr. Robert Heintz, Senior Applications Specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific Raman microscopy is uniquely suited for providing essential information for pharmaceutical forensic applications. The use of visible lasers allows for analysis of very small samples with spatial resolutions down to a micron or better. Materials can be analyzed in glass containers and through transparent packaging. Mapping and imaging provides information on the spatial distribution of components as well as particle sizes and shapes. Confocal operation allows for probing inside transparent materials and analyze different layers or inclusions without the need to cut or cross-section the sample. Raman microscopy is non-destructive and preserves the sample for further analysis. Raman spectra can be used not only for the conformation of expected components but also the identification of unknown contaminants or impurities. Spectral features are very sensitive to molecular structure and can be used to distinguish polymorphs and other very chemically similar materials. All of these aspects of Raman microscopy make it an indispensable tool for pharmaceutical forensics.