Laboratory Services

Laboratory Services
Our 30 years of experience and our continual quest for improvement ensure we deliver analytical services of the highest level for active ingredients, excipients, medicinal products and drug-​related products. In addition to developing and validating analytical methods, batch-​release analysis, stability testing and structure determination of unknown substances, our core expertise also include risk-​based and solution-​oriented customer consultation.

More than 45 employees work in our analytical labs, supported by lean management tools, to specifically and efficiently meet the requirements of our clients.HWI is GMP- and FDA-​certified and holds a manufacturing authorisation for the release of clinical and market batches.

Core competencies
Quality control for APIs, intermediates, excipients and drug products as well as medical devices and drug-device combination products

• Small molecules
• Peptides
• Proteins
• Narcotics
• High-potent APIs up to OEB 4
• Herbals

• For assay, purity and drug release
• Chromatographic methods
• Titration testing procedures

• Batch release testing / quality control
• Stability studies and stability storage facilities (25⁰C/60%, 30⁰C/65%, 30⁰C/75%, 40⁰C/75%, 2-8⁰C)
• Photostability studies

• Extractables/leachables studies
• Potentially genotoxic impurities
• Cleaning validation studies
• Elemental impurities
• Residual solvents
• Troubleshooting & root cause analysis: impurities from production processes
• Structure elucidation using mass spectroscopy and NMR
• Modern analytical physical methods: SEM-EDX, Raman, XMT