Dr Janie Dubois, an analytical imaging specialist at Malvern Instruments, is to present a paper reviewing the role of near-infrared chemical imaging in the pharmaceutical industry at FACSS 2010.
The Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) conference is set to take place on 17-21 October 2010 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dubois is presenting as part of the Near- and Mid-Infrared Imaging symposium on 18 October 2010.
Her paper, 'From Formulating for Performance to Fingerprinting Counterfeits: A Review of the Roles of NIR Chemical Imaging in the Pharmaceutical Industry', was authored jointly with Dr E Neil Lewis and Dr Linda Kidder, also of Malvern Instruments.
It will address the fit of NIR chemical imaging measurements in the quality control and quality by design processes.
In addition, the Malvern team is running a workshop on 19 October for beginners and intermediate-level users of near-infrared imaging, covering both instrumentation and data analysis in relation to the broad range of applications typically tackled with this.
Malvern representatives will also be available to discuss new developments in the application of Raman spectroscopy.
Near-infrared chemical imaging is a powerful tool for the analysis of coated and uncoated pharmaceutical tablets, granules, extrusion cores, wafers and trans-dermal delivery systems.
It enables a measurement of the chemical heterogeneity present within a sample.
Recently, there has been a trend to move near-infrared chemical imaging into formulation design, where it is widely used in the determination of blending, coating or milling end-points, risk assessment of ingredient selection and changes of suppliers, while remaining a workhorse for troubleshooting of dissolution failure as well as counterfeit detection and sourcing.
This presentation will provide a review of the various measurements made with near-infrared chemical imaging to fulfil this broad role.
