Pharma and CDMO

Real-time VOC analysis for pharma and CDMO applications. SIFT-MS delivers high-throughput solutions that increase your capacity and operational efficiency in residual solvent analysis, nitrosamine characterization, ethylene oxide and impurity detection, and detergent and sterilization monitoring.

SIFT-MS delivers high-throughput solutions that eliminate bottlenecks in development, production, and QA/QC environments.

The real-time data output of SIFT-MS significantly shortens time to data and increases sample throughput. Analytical bottlenecks in pharma and CDMO applications can be overcome, increasing capacity and operational efficiency in applications such as residual solvent analysis, nitrosamine characterization, ethylene oxide and impurity detection, and detergent and sterilization monitoring.

Pharma and CDMO applications and use cases

Small Polar Molecules

SIFT-MS simplifies detection of small polar species by analyzing them directly from gas or headspace to sub-ppbV concentrations, without requiring derivatization or preconcentration.

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Residual Solvent Analysis

SIFT-MS provides rapid characterization of compounds that are not easily monitored by other technologies.

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Drug Delivery Devices

SIFT-MS provides a very rapid and highly sensitive solution for the detection of residual monomers and other impurities in diverse drug delivery devices.

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Packaging Testing

SIFT-MS revolutionizes packaging testing across diverse materials with its ability to analyze a very wide range of compounds rapidly.

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Syft is your answer in the Pharmaceutical industry

Industry issue

For pharmaceutical companies investing in scale-up of their manufacturing processes, the associated scaling of residual solvent testing using the USP<467> procedure requires significant upscaling of analysis capacities. This involves increased investments in qualified personnel, lab space, validation procedures and maintenance as well as higher overall instrument acquisition and running costs.

Competitive benefit

The validated SIFT-MS procedure meets the acceptance criteria in USP<1467>, and with 17-fold higher sample throughput, addresses current scale-up issues for residual solvent testing in the pharmaceutical industry.

Industry impact

Since SIFT-MS uses direct, chromatography-free analysis, practical issues for the front-end separation are eliminated, resulting in a robust and reliable analytical result that is easily obtained and requires less qualified personnel. Capacity increase can thus be reached with just a single automated SIFT-MS instrument.

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Pharmaceutical Applications

Pharmaceutical Industry Applications Of Sift-Ms

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Formaldehyde in Air (sample bags)

High-Throughput Formaldehyde Analysis in Air Using Direct Mass Spectrometry

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Rapid Volatile Impurity Analysis in Pharmaceutical Products Using SIFT-MS

SIFT-MS is a new tool for real-time, selective and economical trace gas and headspace analysis.
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Rapid, Simplified Residual Solvent and Volatile Impurity Analysis Using SIFT-MS

Volatile impurities occur frequently in pharmaceutical products and packaging and are often of significant concern due to their toxicity.
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Direct MS Simplifies Analysis of Challenging Compounds

Routine Analysis 4: Direct MS Simplifies Analysis of Challenging Compounds

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Analysis of Volatile Emissions from Polymers and Paperboard

Food and pharmaceutical products are susceptible to contamination from packaging – whether from polymeric materials, printing inks or paperboard.
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Paperboard Volatiles 1 - Screening

Rapid Screening of Volatile Compounds in Paperboard using Static Headspace-SIFT-MS

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Drying Endpoint Monitoring Using SIFT-MS For Enhanced Manufacturing Of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Process analysis using SIFT-MS enables the drying process to be monitored past the drying end-point measurable using conventional weighing methods. This delivers greater efficiencies for production, and lowers risk of thermally damaging sensitive APIs.

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Simple, Rapid Analysis Of Ethylene Oxide In A Polysorbate 80 Excipient Using SIFT-MS

Quantitative ethylene oxide analysis in Polysorbate 80 excipient is greatly simplified using SIFT-MS, with a time to first test result that is eight-fold faster than the current compendial method and a
daily sample throughput that is 9- to 14-fold higher.

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Paperboard Volatiles 3 - Odor Rating

This preliminary evaluation demonstrates that SH-SIFTMS has the ability to provide odor ratings of paperboard samples.

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Webinar

Volatile Compound Analysis: Automated SIFT-MS

Conventional laboratory volatile compound analysis typically utilizes chromatography-based techniques, which are slow and frequently require extensive sample preparation.
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Routine Analysis 1: Why Labs and CROs Should Adopt Direct MS

Sample throughput is often a critical bottleneck when analyzing volatiles in contract testing or research laboratories.
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Routine Analysis 2: Routine Lab Procedures Are Easy to Apply to Direct MS

In this webcast (the second of a four-part series) we answer the frequently asked question: How can I adopt direct mass spectrometry in my routine analysis workflow?
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Routine Analysis 4: Direct MS Simplifies Analysis of Challenging Compounds

Direct mass spectrometry (direct MS) facilitates faster method development and validation, plus it provides high throughput for routine analysis.
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Syft Application Talks 5: Determination of the Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction End-Point

For the majority of pharmaceuticals, the final step in drug substance isolation relies on drying for removal of organic solvents used in upstream synthesis, to deliver a pure API fit for downstream formulation and drug product manufacture.
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Part 4: Biomedical and Pharma

In this webinar, we continue our seven-episode series, which outlines the diverse applications of the SIFT-MS technique.
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Online Demonstration: Pharmaceutical Applications

This online demonstration showcases the pharmaceutical industry applications of SIFT-MS. SIFT-MS is a technique that utilizes chemical ionization to quantify volatiles and inorganic gases in samples.
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Pharmaceutical Method Validation for SIFT-MS

Volatile compounds are common impurities in pharmaceutical products and are often of concern due to their toxicity.
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Syft App Talks #17. Time-Resolved Thermal Extraction of Volatiles from Plastic Materials using TD-SIFT-MS

Time-Resolved Thermal Extraction of Volatiles from Plastic Materials using TD-SIFT-MS Dr Christopher Pfaff, Syft Technologies, Germany In recent years, the drive towards safer and more environmentally-friendly products has increased the challenges faced in raw material processing for manufacturers in the automotive, packaging, medical device and consumer products industries.
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The SIFT-MS Automation Series: Episode 6 SIFT-MS Automation Past, Present and Future

Dr Perkins takes us through the attributes that make automated SIFT-MS an excellent tool for routine and R&D laboratories.

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The SIFT-MS Automation Series: Episode 5 Continuous Headspace Analysis… and Beyond and R&D laboratories.

Dr Perkins takes us through the attributes that make automated SIFT-MS an excellent tool for routine and R&D laboratories.

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The SIFT-MS Automation Series: Episode 4 Calibration Approaches for Automated SIFT-MS

In this webinar, we continue our six-episode series on automation of SIFT-MS. Join our series presenter, Dr Mark Perkins, a global authority in automated SIFT-MS. In this fourth episode, Dr Perkins describes how simply and rapidly traditional instrument calibration is achieved with the automated SIFT-MS configuration.
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The SIFT-MS Automation Series, Episode 3: Advanced Headspace Methods with SIFT-MS

In this webinar, we continue our six-episode series on automation of SIFT-MS. Join our series presenter, Dr Mark Perkins, a global authority in automated SIFT-MS. In this third episode, Dr Perkins describes the application of SIFT-MS to multiple headspace extraction (MHE).
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The SIFT-MS Automation Series, Episode 2: Accelerate Static Headspace Analysis with SIFT-MS

In this webinar, we continue our six-episode series on automation of SIFT-MS. Join our series presenter, Dr Mark Perkins, a global authority in automated SIFT-MS. In this second episode, Dr Perkins provides a practical guide to automated static headspace (SH) analysis with SIFT-MS. You will learn how SH-SIFT-MS can address throughput challenges and simplify analysis of chromatographically challenging species.
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The SIFT-MS Automation Series, Episode 1: Why Automate Analysis?

In this webinar, we start our six-episode series on automation of SIFT-MS. Join our series presenter, Dr Mark Perkins, a global authority in automated SIFT-MS. In this first episode, Dr Perkins answers the important question: Why Automate Analysis?
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Application Note

Simple, Rapid Analysis Of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Impurity In Ranitidine Products Using SIFT-MS

Quantitative analysis of volatile nitrosamine impurities in drug products is greatly simplified using SIFT-MS and has a three-fold throughput advantage (excluding sample prep benefits) over chromatographic methods.

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Simple, Rapid Analysis Of Formaldehyde Impurities In Gelucire Excipient Using SIFT-MS

SIFT-MS greatly simplifies formaldehyde detection and quantitation through direct, instantaneous, and sensitive (sub-ppbV) sample ionization, yielding sample throughputs of up to 250+ samples/day.

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Rapid Residual Solvent Analysis Validation Of An Alternative Procedure For USP Method <467> Using SIFT-MS

This study demonstrates that SIFT-MS provides an alternative procedure to USP<467>.  Because SIFT-MS is inherently a rapid test technique (all sample components are simultaneously analyzed in about one minute per sample), this validated procedure can be used in organizations that require high-throughput testing, providing 17-fold daily throughput increase over GC-FID.

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Simple Rapid Analysis of NDMA in a Recalled Valsartan Product Using SIFT-MS

Quantitative analysis of NDMA impurities in drug products is greatly simplified using SIFT-MS and has a three-fold throughput advantage (excluding sample prep benefits) over chromatographic methods.

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High-Throughput, Quantitative Analysis of Benzene in Personal Care Products using Headspace-SIFT-MS

SIFT-MS provides rapid, sensitive, and robust analysis of benzene and other contaminants in a wide array of commercial products. Integration with a headspace autosampler enables rapid screening of hundreds of samples per day.

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Real-Time Monitoring of Bioreactor Production Processes Using SIFT-MS

The ability of SIFT-MS to monitor critical volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by a bioreactor in real-time at low parts-per-billion by volume (ppbV) concentrations is demonstrated. This application note presents the results of a pilot-scale feasibility study conducted over several weeks, demonstrating the utility of SIFT-MS for maximizing production outcomes.

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A Consumer Safety Expert Shares His Experience with SIFT-MS

We asked David Light, CEO and Founder of Valisure, about his experience using SIFT-MS and how it impacted their dry shampoo safety study.  

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Feedback from a CDMO SIFT-MS User

Hear what Christopher Williams, Senior Manager of Analytical Development, Alcami Corporation, had to say about his experience using SIFT-MS.

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Application Note

Rapid Screening of Paperboard For Volatile Leachables Using Static Headspace-SIFT-MS

Automated SIFT-MS analysis rapidly screens paperboard packaging for a wide range of functional groups in a single analysis, assuring that the volatile emissions meet manufacturer specifications.  This application note describes a Headspace-SIFT-MS method with throughput >10X faster than traditional GC/MS methods.

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Rapid, Quantitative Analysis of Volatile Aldehyde Impurities In Paperboard Using Multiple Headspace Extraction

Quantitative determination of volatile aldehyde residues in paperboard is readily achieved using multiple headspace extraction-SIFT-MS analysis, with an eight-fold throughput increase over the equivalent conventional analysis.

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Rapid Odor Screening of Paperboard Using Static Headspace-SIFT-MS

Automated SIFT-MS analysis coupled with multivariate statistical analysis provides rapid sensory screening of paperboard packaging, overcoming the low sample throughput of sensory panels.  The ability to use HS-SIFT-MS to achieve throughput of 12 samples per hour is demonstrated.

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Rapid, Simplified Residual Solvent and Volatile Impurity Analysis Using SIFT-MS

SIFT-MS provides real-time, selective, and economic analysis of challenging volatile compounds, such as residual solvents, formaldehyde, dimethylamine, and NDMA without requiring derivatization or other special handling.

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High-Throughput Analysis of Volatile Impurities in Sustainable Packaging using SIFT-MS

Pharmaceutical and food products are susceptible to contamination from packaging, whether from polymeric materials, printing inks, or paperboard.  SIFT-MS, a high-sensitivity direct-injection mass spectrometry technique, enables risks associated with sustainable packaging alternatives to be mitigated through economical, high-throughput automated analysis (typically a 4- to 15-fold increase over GC-MS).

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High-Throughput Quantitative Analysis of Residual Monomer by Using MHE-SIFT-MS to Calibrate Single Headspace Injections

MHE-SIFT-MS provides rapid, matrix-independent, quantitative determination of volatile leachables in polymers and calibrates quantitative analysis based on single headspace injections.  This approach enables over 200 samples per day to be analyzed, delivering rapid and economic analysis of volatile leachables such as residual monomers.

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Syft Tracer: The Next Generation of Volatile Impurities Analysis for Enhanced Workflows

This app note introduces the next generation of SIFT-MS, Syft TracerTM, which launched at Pittcon 2023.  It revolutionizes volatile impurities analysis workflows through unparalleled speed, performance stability, and reproducibility.  Learn about how this innovation to real-time trace gas detection outpaces chromatography-based methods in the analysis of challenging analytes such as formaldehyde in a PEG excipient.

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Head to Head Comparison of Class 2A And 2B Residual Solvents Analysis Using Sift-MS And GC-FID

This application note describes head-to-head comparison of GC-FID and SIFT-MS analyses of Class 2A and 2B residual solvents. The techniques perform similarly for linearity and repeatability, but SIFT-MS provides superior performance for accuracy and recovery. Furthermore, SIFT-MS provides greater than 11-fold increase in sample throughput and significantly reduces the time taken to report quantitative results (over six times faster for a full calibration set).

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Recent developments and applications of selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT‐MS)

SIFT‐MS is now recognized as the most versatile analytical technique for the identification and quantification of trace gases down to the parts‐per‐trillion by volume, pptv, range. This statement is supported by the wide reach of its applications, from real‐time analysis, obviating sample collection of very humid exhaled breath, to its adoption in industrial scenarios for air quality monitoring. This review touches on the recent extensions to the underpinning ion chemistry kinetics library and the alternative challenge of using nitrogen carrier gas instead of helium. 

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The Latest Innovation of Real-Time, High-Throughput Volatile Impurities Analysis by SIFT-MS

Join us for this webinar to learn about Syft Tracer, the latest advancement of real-time, trace gas analysis by SIFT-MS which launched at Pittcon 2023. Hear how the recent product innovations unlock analytical bottlenecks and enable faster decisions to be made in critical process steps.

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Syft Tracer Brochure

Syft TracerTM is the latest advancement in real-time, direct injection mass spectrometry (MS) built to solve the most difficult analytical challenges faced within a variety of industries and applications.  This advancement to SIFT-MS delivers trace-level detection sensitivity, unparalleled performance stability, superior selectivity, and highly reproducible, quantitative data.  Syft Tracer is optimized for high-throughput environments where continuous operation is the standard.  Never miss a product or environmental contamination event again.

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Even Faster Quantitation Of Formaldehyde In Gelucire Excipient

This application note describes how the efficiency of a MHE workflow can be significantly improved for MHE-SIFT-MS due to the stability of the technique. Formaldehyde impurity is analyzed easily and quantitatively in Gelucire excipient with this improved approach.  The time-to-result is reduced to 85 minutes for this system – six-fold faster than the conventional MHE-SIFT-MS approach.  Quantitative analysis is achieved at the throughput of 220 samples/day.

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Revolutionary Productivity For Volatile Residue and Impurity Analysis

This application note describes a scenario in which Syft TracerTM replaces five chromatography systems and still has significant available sample capacity. SIFT-MS provides rapid, chromatography-free analysis that revolutionizes multiple workflows.

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Application Brief: Revolutionary Workflows for Volatile Impurities Analysis

This application brief summarizes a scenario relevant to contract research organization (CRO) and contract drug manufacturing organization (CDMO) laboratories where multiple volatile impurity methods need to be conducted in short runs. Five analyses are considered that can be handled by one Syft Tracer but require multiple legacy, chromatography instruments. For these analyses, SIFT-MS reports the first quantitative results 2- to 12-fold faster, and has sample throughputs 3- to 17-fold higher than the conventional procedures.

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Headspace-SIFT-MS: Flexibility that Revolutionizes Workflows for Diverse Samples

The characteristic flexibility, stability, high throughput, and fast time to data of the Syft Tracer next-gen SIFT-MS instrument apply across multiple headspace approaches for diverse matrices. This application note briefly summarizes the use of (1) dissolution, (2) multiple headspace extraction (MHE), and (3) the method of standard additions, then provides a guide for identifying the appropriate headspace approach for various matrices.

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Extending SIFT-MS Residual Solvent and Volatile Impurity Analysis to Water-Insoluble Articles

SIFT-MS can analyze residual solvents and other volatile impurities in water-insoluble articles using a two-step process: dissolution in compatible solvent, then dilution in water. This application note describes a systematic evaluation of the compatibility of six organic solvents with headspace-SIFT-MS analysis following this two-step process.  Quantitative headspace analysis is achieved at 12 samples/hr, providing significant productivity improvements compared with chromatographic approaches.

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Revolutionizing Workflows for Residual Solvents and Volatile Impurities Analyses by SIFT-MS

This webinar demonstrates how the new, automated Syft TracerTM SIFT-MS platform provides a comprehensive solution to workflow challenges and can replace multiple chromatographic systems.  Learn about how combining SIFT-MS with automation provides a very flexible and high throughput solution for screening volatile impurities in pharmaceutical and consumer safety applications, revolutionizing workflows.

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Rapid Sensory Analysis of Paper Packaging Using SIFT-MS

This application note demonstrates that SIFT-MS effectively classifies paper samples by odor intensity rating and odor descriptor, in addition to distinguishing paper composition and mill of origin. When integrated with autosamplers, SIFT-MS provides throughputs of over 220 samples per day, supporting significantly enhanced quality assurance compared to conventional human sensory panels and gas chromatography-based analyses.

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Pharmaceutical Residual Solvent Analysis: A Comparison of GC-FID and SIFT-MS Performance

This study expands upon the previous work by conducting a head-to-head comparison of GC-flame ionization detection (GC-FID) and SIFT-MS procedures.  SIFT-MS analyzed samples over 11-fold faster than GC-FID, increasing daily sample throughput and reducing the time taken to determine the result. The results suggests that residual solvent analysis using SIFT-MS may support workflow improvements for pharmaceutical manufacturers.

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Whitepaper

Revolutionizing Volatile Impurities Analysis Through Next Gen SIFT-MS

This E-book describes how next gen SIFT-MS enables rapid, continuous screening of toxic volatile impurities in pharmaceutical and consumer products. This advancement to SIFT-MS delivers trace-level detection sensitivity, unparalleled performance stability, superior selectivity, and highly reproducible, quantitative data. Never miss a contamination event again. 

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