Determination of moisture content of lyophilized allergen vaccines by NIR spectroscopy

Yiwu Zheng, Xuxin Lai, Susanne Wrang Bruun, Henrik Ipsen, Jørgen Nedergaard Larsen, Henning Løwenstein, Ib Søndergaard, Susanne Jacobsen

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    Abstract

    Moisture content is an important parameter for lyophilized vaccines. Currently, Karl Fischer titration is widely used for moisture determination in routine analysis. However, this method is time-consuming, sample destructive and requires environment polluting reagents, as well as the results rely on the random samplings. In this study, near infrared spectroscopy was used as a fast, non-invasive and non-destructive method to determine the moisture content in lyophilized allergy vaccines. Five different vaccine products were investigated, which contained water in the range of 0.17-1.51% (w/w, KF). Different data pre-treatments, wavelength selection and partial least squares regression were applied to construct calibration models. Multi-products model and product-specific models were obtained, which show the possibility of NIR as a rapid method to discriminate whether moisture content fit into the specifications of a pharmaceutical company. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
    Volume46
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)592-596
    ISSN0731-7085
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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