This presentation will provide an overview of career path in pharmaceutical industries for PhD students specializing in Analytical Chemistry. The contribution of analytical chemists will be discussed by providing real-world examples pertaining to product development, impurities identification and extractable & leachable analysis. It is understood that analytical instrumentation, development and testing play a critical role in pharmaceutical industry. In particular, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) plays an important part as it is widely used to analyze raw materials, active pharmaceutical ingredients and drug products. On the other hand, gas chromatography (GC) is intensively used in pharmaceutical analysis for the determination of residual solvents and analysis of volatile impurities. HPLC and GC coupled with tandem mass spectrometry offer important applications in impurities identification and quantitation especially where high sensitivity is required, extractable & leachable studies, and nitrosamine analysis. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy assists in structural elucidation of chemical compounds and impurities. Application of other analytical instruments such as ICP-MS, IC, dissolution apparatus, particle size analyzer etc. will also be discussed.

Career path for analytical chemistry graduates in pharmaceutical development and analysis

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