04/05/2010 -Micromeritics Pharmaceutical Services Now Offers Both Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) - Micromeritics Pharmaceutical Services (MPS) has recently added thermal analysis to its offerings with the addition of the TA Instruments Q5000 TGA and Q2000 DSC. These state-of-the-art instruments are recognized for their exceptional accuracy and sensitivity. MPS adds this capability to enhance its analytical chemistry services to the pharmaceutical industry while continuing to focus on pre-formulation material characterization.
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01/25/2010 - Free Surface Energy Analysis Offer - For a limited time, Micromeritics Pharmaceutical Services is offering one free surface energy analysis ($750 value) of your sample on a Micromeritics gas adsorption analyzer. For those customers who are new to surface energy analysis, this is an excellent, no-obligation opportunity to determine the surface free energy of your sample under a controlled environment.
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01/21/2010 - Micromeritics’ GeoPyc 1360 Envelope Density Analyzer, an Important Analytical Tool for Pharmaceutical Roller Compaction Applications - Roller compactors have become commonplace in the production of solid dosage pharmaceuticals. Low API content formulations can be problematic if the appropriate steps are not taken to ensure adequate and consistent drug loading in each finished solid dosage form. Adding a roller compaction step to the process helps to ensure content uniformity. Small particle size API’s such as nanoparticles can be difficult to move and uniformly disperse in a powder or granulation bed. Movement of these materials becomes more predictable and consistent when the roller compaction step is incorporated into the process.
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01/04/2010 - Combining Skeletal and Envelope Volume Measurements to Determine Total Pore Volume and Percent Porosity - Pharmaceutical scientists realize that many of the physical, mechanical, and pharmacokinetics properties of tablets are influenced by the basic settings of a tablet press. Using the AccuPyc coupled with the GeoPyc, scientists are now able to determine quickly and easily the skeletal density, envelope density, total pore volume, percent porosity, and closed-cell pore volume of tablets produced with varying press settings.
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12/17/2009 - Free Water Vapor Sorption Analysis - For a limited time, Micromeritics Pharmaceutical Services is offering one free volumetric water vapor sorption analysis ($750 value) of your sample on the Micromeritics ASAP 2020. For those customers who are new to water vapor sorption, this is an excellent, no-obligation opportunity to determine the water uptake of your sample under a controlled environment.
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8/25/2009 - BET Surface Area – A Useful Tool for Determining the Source of Batch-to-Batch Variation in Processability of Pharmaceutical Powders - In today’s pharmaceutical development environment, scientists are looking to new analytical test methods for help in determining the sources of variability in all aspects of drug development and production. For example, it is necessary for the pharmaceutical scientist to identify and quantify batch-to-batch variation in the processing of powders. The BET surface area technique can help provide accurate answers to these questions.
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