Patent Support

Pharmaceuticals are amongst the most copied and counterfeited materials in the world and whilst patents can be filed to protect intellectual property there are still occasions where independent analysis needs to be undertaken to provide evidence in patent disputes.

Techniques including XPS, ToFSIMS, DSIMS and FT-IR can be utilised to:

• Identify the chemical composition of a pharmaceutical product.
• Compare two products to determine if there is a chemical or topographical difference.
• Provide detailed chemical images to investigate the distribution of active excipients.
• To determine the method of tablet formulation (wet granulation, dry pressing, etc).