The pharmaceutical industry includes discovering, developing, producing, and marketing drugs to be used as medications and vaccines to treat and cure patients across the globe. The modern pharmaceutical industry began in the early 1800s and continues to grow rapidly until this day. For example, in 2018, cancer drugs made nearly 100 billion U.S. dollars of revenue globally.
The pharmaceutical industry has relied on Near-Infrared spectroscopy and analysis for many years as a fast and reliable way to perform qualitative and quantitative testing for a variety of products. The variation in ingredients used in the drug manufacturing process presents challenges for quality control and safety, often resulting in undesirable or discarded products and revenue loss. Traditional methods for monitoring various quality parameters of interest include HPLC, GC, wet chemistry, and tasting of final products. These methods are labor-intensive, time-consuming, can only measure one parameter at a time, can require the use of expensive solvents and reagents, and are often ill-suited for real-time process measurements.
FT-NIR spectroscopic analysis is fast, requires no sample preparation, and can analyze multiple parameters with a single measurement. Over the years, Galaxy Scientific Inc. has provided rugged and high-performance FT-NIR spectrometers and analyzers to drugs manufacturers worldwide.
Galaxy Scientific’s product line includes Near Infrared analyzers that can be used throughout the drug manufacturing plant and process. Our products can be used to inspect incoming raw materials, in a lab for quick samples analysis, near production line, or on-line for continuous process monitoring.
Key Benefits
- Improve Process Efficiency
- Reduce Out-Of-Spec Products
- Reduce Labor & Materials Cost
- Improve Safety
- Improve Product Quality & Consistency
FT-NIR Technology Benefits
- Direct Calibration Transfer
- High Resolution Spectra
- Better Wavelength Stability
- Superior Sensitivity & SNR
- Rapid Non-Destructive Measurement
- Instrument to Instrument Consistency
Galaxy Scientific Advantages
- Rugged, Compact & Portable
- Low Maintenance Cost
- PermAlign™ Optics Technology
- Built-in Check Standards
- Easy-to-use Advanced Software
- No Installation Required
- Excellent Technical Support
- Raw Material ID Using FT-NIR Spectroscopy
- Advanced ID Using FT-NIR Spectroscopy
- Raw Materials ID through Packaging Using FT-NIR Spectroscopy
- Near Infrared Analysis for Drug Manufacturing
- Counterfeit Drug Screening Using FT-NIR Spectroscopy
- NIR Analysis of drugs
- Qualitative and Quantitative NIR analysis
- Other Pharma Applications (Contact us to discuss the details of your application)
QuasIR 1000
Our QuasIR™ 1000 FT-NIR spectrometer features a transmission chamber that can hold various sizes of cuvettes and glass vials up to 10mm. Optional temperature control is offered; the sample compartment can be heated to 100∘C or cooled to 20∘C, for a wide range of applications.
Transmission measurement for NIR analysis of liquids such as edible oils, lubricants, alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic beverages, fuels etc…
QuasIR 2000
Our QuasIR™ 2000 is a portable Fiber Optic FT-NIR Near Infrared Spectrometer that can be equipped with a wide range of reflection, transmission or transflectance probes depending on the application. It was designed from the ground up to offer the industry a new kind of NIR
analysis solution – a solution that brings together the portability required to move NIR analysis closer to point-of-need, combined with unmatched spectroscopic performance for the fastest and most accurate results.
NF 2000
The NF 2000 is a portable Fiber Optic FT-NIR Near Infrared Spectrometer that is equipped with a reflection probe, and a built-in probe holder and background. Transmission or transflection probes can also be used with the instrument.
QuasIR 2000E
The QuasIR™ 2000E is designed for continuous measurement of the chemical composition of material transported on a conveyor belt, through a pipe, or in a chute. It features- unique external projection optics using high powered tungsten lamps to illuminate the sample from as far as 24 inches away and collect the scattered reflection off the sample through a fiber optic cable.
QuasIR 3000
Our QuasIR™ 3000 FT-NIR spectrometer is equipped with an integrating sphere for reflection measurements of solids as well as transflectance measurements of opaque liquids and pastes. The instrument has a wide range of applications, especially in the food and agriculture sectors.
QuasIR 4000
Our QuasIR™ 4000 FT-NIR spectrometer is our most popular instrument. It combines the capabilities of our the QuasIR™ 1000 and the QuasIR™ 3000 making it very versatile and unique. It can be used to analyze liquids, solids and pastes since it is equipped with both an integrating sphere and transmission chamber.
SpectralSage™ Software Suite
Galaxy Scientific’s SpectralSage software suite is a software toolkit for method developers, administrators, and routine users. The suite combines the ease of use needed for routine operation with feature rich functions for the advanced method developer.
