​​LEF has the technical and scientific resources with a qualified team to meet the challenges of its partners, providing integrated services that includes the assessment of the possible presence of nitrosamines, testing the potentially hazardous drugs and follow-up with regulatory authorities.

​​LEF's work regarding Heavy Metals analysis on Medicines was the subject of an FIP article following the World Congress, where it was presented a poster on this topic. LEF has been developing research with an analytical technique to ensure compliance with the recently introduced regulatory measures to control the levels of heavy metals in medicinal products. Read the article here​.

​​​Under the scope of the clean-up validation program, LEF can now assist in the development and validation of methods for determining API, detergent and microbiological contamination residues after the acquisition of a Total Organic Carbon (TOC) determination equipment, which allows analysing aqueous samples, water and cleaning validation, through the quantification of carbon.