Food & Drug Analytical Services Limited (FDAS) has changed its name to Tentamus Pharma UK Limited.
Please visit the new website at www.tentamus-pharma.co.uk
Sampling and testing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API’s) and Excipients is key to ensuring the quality of manufactured product… more
Quality Control testing of each batch of finished product is part of the Batch Release process that gives the patient assurance of a medicinal product over its lifetime… more
Stability Testing evaluates the extent to which a formulated product retains its quality throughout its declared shelf life, … more
Throughout the drug development process and lifecycle analytical test methods are required to support trial data, file submission and post approval batch release… more
Pharmaceutical Microbiology is crucial to the manufacture and production of drugs, biologicals & medical devices. The primary objective is to protect raw materials, the production environment and product from spoilage by microorganisms… more
A Medical Device is any instrument, apparatus, appliance, software, material or other article intended to be used for a medical purpose and must be proven as safe and effective… more
FDAS is an independent contract testing laboratory that has been providing QC analysis to the pharma sector since 2004.
“It is our mission to serve the needs of the pharmaceutical industry for analytical services using flexibility, focus and technical expertise in performing simple or complex analyses. We are driven by quality with total focus on customer satisfaction.”
We offer a comprehensive range of analytical services from our cGMP laboratory in Nottingham.
Because of the “different and difficult” nature of pharmaceutical products it is important to choose a contract laboratory who understand the industry and have the expertise to support your products throughout their lifecycle.
Our expertise and experience of the pharmaceutical sector makes FDAS your lab of choice.
Our testing capabilities are at your service, so why not try us as a new license addition, a backup laboratory, or even to compare what you have in-house. You may save time and money, without compromise and receive a professional, reliable service.
New efficacy test for veterinary disinfectants
Laboratorio Control, a reference partner of numerous companies for the analysis of biocidal products, implements a new efficacy test for disinfectants used on the skin in the veterinary industry. > NEW PHASE 2,2 SKIN TEST FOR VETERINARY INDUSTRY (PT3). PR standard NF EN 17422:2019. The launch of this new quantitative surface efficacy test focuses
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In which foods are furan and its methyl analogs present?
In a recent recommendation, the European Commission calls for the determination of furan and methylfurans. These are process contaminants that form in food during thermal treatment. Consumers ingest furan particularly through coffee and cereal-based foods, but young children are also exposed to furan through jarred or canned ready-to-eat foods. According to the European Food Safety
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Laboratorio Control expands ENAC scope in food and animal feed
Laboratorio Control continues with its work plan focused on offering a wide range of analytical services under ENAC accreditation. On this occasion, Laboratorio Control expands the ENAC scope in food and feed with the accreditation of mould and yeast count by culture according to ISO 21527-1 and 21527-2. Moulds and yeasts are one of
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Adalimumab - blockbuster & never ending story
Resolved patent disputes With Abbvie and Alvotech having solved their patent disputes, market entry for new biosimilars for adalimumab applicable for various indications might speed up. The patent protection of the originator product Humira ® has expired in the EU in 2017, though due to complex patent claim development and market launch of non-component material
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Shock for manufacturer of substance-based medical devices
Long awaited, widely feared and stunningly received: The newly published MDCG document 2022-05 poses already suspected and yet very considerable challenges to medical device manufacturers of substance-based medical devices. While the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) 2017 still supported and thus legitimised this type of medical device with the official designation of “substances and combinations of
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Available NOW: Metals speciation for Inorganic Arsenic
There are two different forms of arsenic: organic and inorganic- and Columbia Labs tests for both. Inorganic arsenic is highly toxic and is therefore a public health concern; the organic form (commonly found in fish and seafood) is less harmful. The main source of exposure to inorganic arsenic is food; particularly grain-based processed products such
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