Our services

Chemika offers comprehensive chemical testing to pharmaceutical manufacturers and researchers, from raw materials to finished products, stability testing, method development and validation and manufacturing support.

Chemika is the only contract testing laboratory in Australia focussing focus exclusively on the chemical testing of therapeutic goods and devices. This specialisation has allowed us to develop expertise in many aspects of chemical testing in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Our core expertise is raw material and finished product testing, with services extending to support manufacturing. This includes cleaning validation studies, stability testing (real time, accelerated and in-use), photostability testing, and mixing validation.

In recent years regulators have identified new risk areas to consumers of pharmaceuticals. The hazards of genotoxic nitrosamines, plus risks of compounds leaching from product matrices into pharmaceutical formulations have led to a suite of regulatory requirements aimed at keeping end users safe. Chemika is now equipped with a triple quadrupole LCMS, enabling for the testing of products for nitrosamine content to address these risks. The use of complimentary techniques of HS-GCMS, GCMS and LCMS means that all potential extractables and leachables can be analysed at Chemika.

Chemika has a history of providing support for manufacturing and product development, both in the development and implementation of protocols, and in this way we can be regarded as a contract research organisation. Our broad expertise is of great benefit to researchers where a new active is being developed for clinical trials, where the idea is being taken from a promising active which is being prepared to administration in clinical trials. Chemika is able to generate initial dose stability data and put drug developers on the path to develop methods, product specifications and data dossiers for registration, putting the product on a solid path to market.

Raw Material Testing

We are proficient in testing a large number of sample types using a wide variety of techniques for methods which appear in the BP, USP, and Ph.Eur. Methods include traditional wet chemical techniques as well as specialised instrumental methods.

Finished Product Testing

As a GMP licensed laboratory our results can be used for the release of pharmaceutical products for sale or for regulatory submissions. Thorough validation and verification procedures for methods and instrumentation means that results are consistency of a high quality and can be used with confidence.

Stability Testing

We are equipped with walk in stability chambers and cabinets which allow for stability data to be acquired for a variety of conditions. We are proficient at developing and implementing protocols to deliver high quality data which speaks for itself.

Method Development and Validation

We are experienced in developing methods to allow for analysis of products and materials using a wide variety of analytical techniques, and proceeding to validation according to protocols meeting the requirements of Australian and international regulators.

Packaging Testing

Our support of pharmaceutical manufacturing extends to analysis of pharmaceutical containers according to pharmacopoeial methods.

Cleaning Validation

Measuring drug residue concentrations requires a customised approach to method development and validation. Our expertise has benefitted numerous manufactures resulting in regulatory compliance and peace of mind.