
Pharmaceutical
Residual Solvent Analysis
Rapid and sensitive detection of VOC residues in pharmaceuticals.
Rapid Residual Solvent Analysis
A wide variety of solvents are used during the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, but regulations strictly control permissible concentrations in finished products. SIFT-MS provides a very rapid and highly sensitive solution for the detection of VOC residues in pharmaceuticals. SIFT-MS provides rapid characterization of compounds that are not easily monitored by other technologies.
Benefits of SIFT-MS:
- Direct analysis through elimination of chromatographic separation, which is ideal for detection of residual solvents
- High selectivity via multiple rapidly switchable reagent ions
- SIFT-MS provides a very rapid and highly sensitive solution for the detection of VOC residues in pharmaceuticals and rapid characterization of compounds that are not easily monitored by other technologies.

Rapid analysis for residual solvents using SIFT-MS.
Residual Solvent Analysis benefits

Comprehensive analysis, including inorganics and chromatographically challenging compounds

Flexible sample delivery options, including automation and area sampling

Intuitive software and fast method development

High sensitivity and wide linearity range

Automated high-throughput headspace analysis
Residual Solvent Analysis resources


Rapid Volatile Impurity Analysis in Pharmaceutical Products Using SIFT-MS

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



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.

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.

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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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).
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.

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.