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Isothermal calorimetry in the pharmaceutical sciences

13 June 2013 | By Anthony E. Beezer and Simon Gaisford, UCL School of Pharmacy

Fifty years ago, isothermal microcalorimetry (IMC) was a means to determine thermodynamic data (principally values for enthalpies of formation or reaction to assist in the calculation of Gibb’s Free Energy functions and entropies). These data were used in the compilation of tables of thermodynamic values, for use in evaluating, inter…

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Under the MICROSCOPE

13 June 2013 | By Katherine Bakeev, Director of Applications Support, B&W Tek

We talk to Katherine Bakeev, Director of Applications Support, B&W Tek. B&W Tek is a leading supplier of handheld Raman spectroscopy, a recognised method for compliance with the PIC/S GMP guide to provide 100 per cent assurance of the identity of pharmaceutical materials. Katherine Bakeev, Director of Applications Support at…

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Applications of solid-state NMR spectroscopy to pharmaceuticals

21 February 2013 | By Eric Munson, Patrick DeLuca Endowed Professor in Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky

Solid-state NMR spectroscopy (SSNMR) has emerged as an extremely powerful analytical technique for the characterisation of pharmaceuticals[1-5]. Despite its capability, SSNMR is still not used ubiquitously in the pharmaceutical industry. Several factors contribute to this, including cost and analysis time, but two of the major reasons are understanding the full…