As of this past May, Canada and 36 U.S. states have legalized medical or recreational marijuana. Predictably, as more countries are becoming open to legalizing cannabis, regulations are slowly following suit to ensure adequate product safety and quality. Read More

Which characteristics are important when selecting a silica product for a chromatographic application? Here’s a rundown of key attributes and why each one may prove pivotal in your separation... Read More

Selecting the right phase demands consideration of the application, column chemistry, separation mode and particle morphology. In this article, we’ll share a basic roadmap for chromatographers to follow in order to accelerate your efforts and (hopefully) reduce or eliminate tedious guesswork. Read More

In recent years, regulatory agencies have zeroed in on the presence of heavy metals in pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical drug substances. The result has been more stringent regulation of allowable metal content in APIs. Read More

The term "metal scavengers" might call up images of strolling along a sunny beach, metal detector in hand, hunting for gold among glittering grains of sand. But in the context of chemistry, the "beach" is a drug and the "metal detectors" are silica gels. Metal scavengers are functionalized silica gels designed to react and bind excess metal complexes. They are essential to public health. Read More