Testing & Characterization for the Healthcare & Life Sciences Sector
Lucideon provides MHRA-accredited, advanced analytical testing and characterization services to help healthcare and life science organizations accelerate safe, effective, and compliant products to market. Our ISO 17025 and GMP-accredited laboratories generate high-quality, defensible data that supports product development, regulatory submissions, troubleshooting, and ongoing quality assurance.
With decades of deep materials science expertise and experience in regulated markets, Lucideon helps partners solve complex challenges across medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare, biotechnology, and emerging advanced materials.
We provide accurate and reliable data with in-depth interpretation for all your materials and devices such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare, and products derived from biotechnology.
From our ISO 17025 and GMP-accredited laboratories we test and characterize a full range of properties and analyse the chemical makeup of your materials and products, the distribution of actives, the composition of staining or contamination, and more. We also test for physical and mechanical properties and have the expertise to understand how all of the key properties and structures of your materials and products contribute to their overall performance.
Our world-leading surface science team measures quantitative and qualitative surface properties on a wide range of materials. Material surfaces provide important performance characteristics and often functional properties too. Characterizing the surface of materials is important to understanding performance and how a product interacts with its environment.
Surface science analysis is also a powerful tool in analysing how active ingredients are deposited, investigating wear patterns, and helping to substantiate product performance claims.
Our services include:
- Chemical, physical, and mechanical characterization
- Particle characterization and contamination analysis
- Wear, fatigue, and durability testing
- Biocompatibility testing
- Cell biology assays
- Microbiology testing
- Formulation development
- Surface science characterization
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Whether you're developing a new product, troubleshooting a manufacturing issue, or preparing for regulatory submission, our team is here to help.
White Papers
The concept of Quality by Design (QbD) is not a new idea but it is only in recent years that it has been considered for all aspects of the development process for pharmaceutical products
Wear simulation for implantable knee, hip and intervertebral spinal disc prostheses have all been well documented and standardised tests methods have been created to assess the performance of these medical device implants
In this white paper we discuss what role inorganics can play in restoring and maintaining tooth functionality and the advantages that inorganics can provide in this area for developing technologies
Advances in high resolution imaging of both topographical features and chemical species’ distribution have been applied increasingly in the characterization of commercially important surfaces
This white paper explores the market drivers for abuse deterrence and identifies possible solutions
In this white paper we look at why the testing of implants is so important. Traditional test methods and their limitations are detailed and adverse event testing is discussed
Case Studies
Characterization of the surface chemical composition of medical implants
A high-resolution surface topography method was utilized to measure dentine tissue loss and surface roughness
Lucideon has worked with Greatbatch Medical to help them gain FDA approval
Lucideon testing helps to optimize the coating process of powders
Surface contamination investigation carried out by Lucideon
Testing and analysis provided by Lucideon