Preservative efficacy test is performed to determine the type and minimum effective concentration of preservative required for satisfactory preservation of pharmaceuticals, food and biotechnology products. The preservative to be effective in the final packaged product should be considerably below the concentrations of the preservative that may be toxic to human beings. The Preservative efficacy test […]
Auriga exhibits in 2012 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition
Auriga Research Limited exhibited in 2012 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition held at McCormick Place, Chicago from October 14 to 18, 2012. American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists [AAPS] was a dynamic international forum for the exchange of knowledge among scientists to enhance their contributions to public health. It offered scientific programs, on-going education, information resources, […]
Liquid Particle Counter for Testing Particulate Contamination
The test for particulate contamination in parenteral preparations is a critical test and is a mandatory pharmacopoeial requirement. The pharmacopeias prescribe either a microscopic particle count or a light obscuration liquid particle counter, to carry out this test. We at Arbro have been offering the microscopic particle count test for many years now and are […]
Malvern Mastersizer 3000 Particle Size Analyzer Installed at Arbro
Particle size analysis is routinely required by industries as a critical control parameter for raw materials, manufacturing processes, and finished products. To fulfill this requirement of our esteemed customers, like you, we have installed the latest; Laser Diffraction based Particle Size Analyzer, the Malvern Mastersizer 3000, in our laboratory in New Delhi. The System is […]
Cryoscopic Osmometer for Measurement of Osmolality
Osmolality measurements using an osmometer, are regularly carried out in the pharmaceutical industry and research labs to establish the isotonicity of intravenous solutions, injection, nasal and eye drops. Preparations which are hypertonic or hypotonic can cause severe irritation when injected into the bloodstream or tissue or when applied to mucous membranes like cornea and wounds. […]
Arbro Authorized by FSSAI for Testing of Food Samples
Arbro Analytical Division one of India’s largest NABL accredited food testing laboratories has been authorized by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for testing of samples under the Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA). The FSSAI was established by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through the FSSA 2006. […]
Testing lab for heavy metals
Ayurveda, one of the oldest systems of medicine, was thrown into the controversy in early, 2005 after Dr. Robert B. Saper of Department of Family Medicine, Boston Medical School published an article in JAMA in December 2004. Based on the analysis of samples of herbal medicinal products collected from grocery stores, they had concluded that one […]
Testing lab empanelled by NDMC for material testing
We are very excited to announce and share with you that Arbro has been recently impaneled as a private material testing laboratory by the Office of the Executive Engineer New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). This empanelment shall enable us to provide our services to various construction projects undertaken by the Department, including roads, buildings, multilevel […]
US FDA recommends melamine testing in the pharmaceutical components
US FDA in August 2009 published a guidance for industry titled Pharmaceutical Components at Risk for Melamine Contamination after it received reports of food products in China been contaminated with melamine, leading to thousands of hospitalizations and at least three deaths by September 2008. Though still the time there had been no reports of pharmaceutical products […]
Pesticides to be tested in Rice for export to USA and Europe
India is the second largest producer of rice in the world and though most of it is locally India is still one of the largest exporters of rice in the world. There is growing global awareness and monitoring of pesticide residues in food products around the world. In the recent past number of consignments of rice […]