FDA Revises Guidance on Safety Testing of Drug Metabolites

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday released revised guidance on recommendations to industry on when and how to identify and characterize drug metabolites whose nonclinical toxicity needs to be evaluated. The revisions mean the new guidance supersedes guidance from February 2008. The guidance has been revised to be in alignment with ICH [Read More...]

Honeywell Establishes Research Chemicals Business

Honeywell announced the establishment of a new chemicals business on Monday that aims to strengthen product partnerships with researchers. The new unit, Honeywell Research Chemicals, will operate under the company’s Fine Chemicals business and help provide a supply of reagents and solvents for the analytical testing, drug discovery, and applied materials sectors. “Our customers are [Read More...]

Are Sweeteners as Natural as We Think? – Chromatography Investigates

A team from the University of Bonn in Germany has found that compounds known as steviol glycosides are unchanged during different stages of production. The report helps to confirm that the sweetener or sugar substitute known as stevia can be considered as a natural sweetener. Scientists analysed three different batches of stevia throughout the production [Read More...]

FDA’s Glyphosate Testing on Hold

Back in February of this year, FDA announced that it would begin testing foods for glyphosate residues. By way of background, glyphosate is the active ingredient in popular garden weed killers and is reported to be the most-used agricultural chemical in the world. Some environmental groups have called for a ban on the use of this substance in agriculture.  The International [Read More...]

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