Malvern Instruments has published a guidance document that sets out the most important points to consider when purchasing a laboratory-based spectroscopic tablet analysis system.
The guidance document is entitled 'Pharmaceutical Tablets - to Image or Not to Image?' and is available for download from Malvern's website.
The document forms part of Malvern's Inform series of whitepapers and focuses particularly on the differences between a bulk (single-point) analysis and the more detailed mapping and imaging approaches now available.
Compositional analysis of pharmaceutical tablets using spectroscopy is generally simpler and more cost-effective than other techniques.
Spectroscopic mapping and imaging provide previously inaccessible data describing the spatial distribution of chemical components.
These measurements enable product understanding at a structural level, informing both function and quality.
Before investing in a new system for spectroscopic analysis, it is important to specifically define all user expectations regarding the desired rapidity and scope of results.
