Pharma, Pharmaceutics and Biotechnology Conference

Analytical chemistry is one of the fundamental disciplines in the pharmaceutical sciences, dealing with qualitative and quantitative analysis of chemical compounds. This lecture will provide an overview of the basic principles of analytical chemistry and its pivotal role in drug development, quality control, and regulatory compliance in the pharmaceutical industry. It mainly involves providing accurate and reliable data of compositions and concentration of substances in a sample. In pharmaceuticals, this would involve analyzing the raw materials, intermediates and finished products to ascertain whether they comply with set standards of safety and efficacy.

The methods and techniques adopted in analytical chemistry are important to prove the quality of pharmaceutical products, and hence, are supposed to comply with specific regulatory requirements. Chromatography is one of the techniques most extensively used in analytical chemistry. This covers high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, and even thin-layer chromatography. Such techniques make the separation feasible so that identification and quantification can be done on samples regarding APIs and excipients.

Chromatography is an indispensable part both in drug formulation development and in quality assurance. Another foundational technique in analytical chemistry is spectroscopy that explains the interaction of matter with electromagnetic radiation. Its techniques include UV-Vis, NMR Spectroscopy and MS for structural identification and quantification in pharmaceutical compounds. The mentioned techniques are important in the characterization of new drugs and the overall assessment of the stability of the products.

Though in itself extremely important for quality control, the evaluation of drugs also plays a vital role in research and development. Analytical chemistry is applied during the entire cycle of drug development, from preclinical research to clinical trials and post-marketing surveillance.

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics analysis of a drug mandate accurate analytical measurement to define what a drug does in the body. Another important role these scientists play is in the development of new methodologies and technology to expedite drug analysis with greater precision. Some of the advanced analytical techniques that have been improved include miniaturization, automation, and high-throughput screening.

Such improvements have made it possible for pharmaceutical laboratories to perform better and challenging requirements in the new development of drugs.

Such participants of the session will be inspired about the principles and applications of analytical chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry, including some key techniques of pharmaceutical analysis, quality control, challenges, and opportunities for safety and efficiency of pharmaceutical products.

Therefore, healthcare professionals will be able to understand, at a modest level, the role played by analytical chemistry toward the advancement of pharmaceutical sciences, thus leading to better patient care.