Particle Analysis

West Analytical Services Particle Lab partners with customers to utilize existing West component-specific methods, or for more complex drug delivery or containment products, methods can be developed. The Particle Lab performs testing to support every phase of your drug product from compatibility studies through to commercialization and lifecycle management. With the ability to handle biosafety level 1 and 2 drug products, our ability to partner and design studies to meet your portfolio of drug products is extensive.

Particle characterization and identification capabilities:

• Optical Microscopy – particle sizing and imaging
• Particle isolation
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR)
• Micro FT-IR Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)/Energy Dispersive X-ray