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Drugs & Pharmaceutical Services

Comprehensive services for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, from batch release to raw material testing.

At UniLab, we specialize in providing comprehensive services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Our commitment to excellence ensures high-quality solutions across a wide range of products, including:

  • Human and veterinary products
  • Intermediates and raw materials

With advanced testing capabilities, state-of-the-art analytical equipment, and skilled professionals, we deliver reliable test results. Our GMP-compliant laboratories are independently inspected by Health Canada, ensuring the highest standards of quality.

Our core offerings

Batch/Lot Release Testing

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) for Medicinal Products mandates batch release testing against approved product specifications. At UniLab, we utilize a broad spectrum of analytical technologies for:

  • Pharmacopeia-based or client-specific methods
  • Comprehensive analysis to confirm product compliance

We handle a variety of sample matrices, including:

  • Small Molecules
  • Oral Solid Dose (OSD): tablets and capsules
  • Semi-solids: creams, ointments, gels, topicals, syrups, oral solutions
  • Injectable
  • Ophthalmic

Raw Material Testing

Our raw material testing services ensure quality assurance for manufacturers, covering materials such as:

  • Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)
  • Colorants
  • Common Chemicals
  • Excipients
  • Intermediates
  • Purified Waters
  • Reagents
  • Solvents

We test materials against a range of standards, including:

ACSAmerican Chemical Society
BPBritish Pharmacopoeia
EPEuropean Pharmacopoeia
JPJapanese Pharmacopoeia
USPUnited States Pharmacopoeia

Pharmacopoeia standards & methodologies

Our expertise extends to supporting and verifying compendia methods, ensuring procedures are fit for their intended purposes under real-world conditions. This includes compliance with GMP legislation and USP <1226>.

Supported standards:

  • ICH Guidelines
  • FCC: Food Chemicals Codex

At UniLab, we collaborate closely with clients to develop risk-based approaches to method verification, ensuring tailored solutions that meet regulatory and quality requirements.