In addition, from 1 June 2016 the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted the ICH Q3D guidance for new marketing authorization applications. As the Agency's evaluations form the basis of authorization of medicines in Europe, all manufacturers who are planning to market new drug products in Europe should act now to ensure that they comply with ICH Q3D Elemental Impurities guidance.

We work to ICH Q3D guidelines, helping manufacturers to be ready for the forthcoming new standards.

Using our extensive experience of elemental impurity testing we will guide you through the ICH Q3D and USP <232> and <233> requirements, developing a customized package of analysis to ensure that you comply with the recommended ICH Q3D guidelines as required by the appropriate regulatory authority.

Using ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry) we are able to identify elements by their individual masses and isotopic fingerprints, with detection limits as low as parts per trillion (ppt) in some cases.

We are fully GMP certified for quality control testing of human and veterinary medicinal products (full documentation is available to download on the right of this page). All Lucideon's services are undertaken in compliance with EU guidance on GMP as it applies to contract QC testing laboratories. We are MHRA-inspected and were successfully re-accredited in September 2016. Lucidedon's GMP Laboratories in the UK were also successfully inspected by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) in September 2019.