Client A pharmaceutical company. Background The client is interested in using CBD (cannabidiol), the major non-psychoactive component of cannabis, in a breath-operated medical inhaler device. CBD has been associated with a range of therapeutic benefits, but the current knowledge about its toxicity is something that…
Client A manufacturer of e-cigarettes. Background The client is interested in introducing CBD (cannabidiol), the major non-psychoactive component of cannabis, as an ingredient to its e-liquids. The e-liquids are intended to be used in vaping products, which could potentially expose the lungs of consumers to…
Client An analytical lab working on the behalf of a medical devices manufacturer. Background Extraction studies on a device used to transfer injectable medium identified several esters that could, as a worst case, leach over time into the contained fluid, and subsequently be injected into…
Client A pharmaceutical company. Background A possible impurity was identified in the development of a new anticancer drug. Project goals Bibra was asked to conduct Leadscope analyses on this impurity to assess its genotoxic/mutagenic potential and to subsequently classify it in line with ICH guideline…
Background Nicotine can be added to e-liquids either in its basic form or as a nicotine salt. Bibra was approached by a client interested in assessing the use of a particular salt as a source of nicotine in one of its e-liquid products. Client A…
Client A pharmaceuticals manufacturer. Background A partially characterised impurity (refined to one of two isomers) was identified in a nasal drug product after storage under exaggerated conditions. Project goals Bibra was asked to evaluate the toxicological risks posed to patients by one or other (or…
Client An analytical laboratory working on behalf of a pharmaceuticals manufacturer. Background A number of organic chemicals were detected in artificial sweat tests on a skin patch designed to supply an anaesthetic to patients. Some of these were found at levels above the relevant analytical…
Background The client was interested in decisions made by the Scientific Committee for Food (SCF) on two food constituents (one a single chemical, the other a group) in the 1990s, which have not since been updated. For the single chemical, no acceptable daily intake (ADI)…
Background The client manufactures a wound dressing which is printed with an ink comprising several chemical substances. Client A leading manufacturer of wound care and surgical products. Project goals To identify and briefly review the critical published studies relating to the toxicity of ten potential…
Background Bibra was asked to derive health criteria values (HCVs) for short-term and long-term exposure to a potential leachable from the packaging of an intravenous pharmaceutical. The leachable also happens to be a key metabolite of a well-studied food additive. Client A pharmaceutical company. Project goals To…