Polymer Specialists to the Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Industries

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Smithers Rapra's understanding of the requirements of the Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Industries has enabled the development of an extensive range of services to support the use of plastics, rubbers & other polymers within the Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Industries. Recognised as one of the world's foremost rubber, plastics & polymer testing & consultancy providers, Smithers Rapra has a vast knowledge built up through over 90 years of consulting & testing which is now being applied in the pharmaceutical & medical device arenas:

Analytical Services

• Extractables & Leachables Testing
• Stability Storage
• Routine/Release Testing
• Method Development and Validation
• Pharmacopeia Testing
• Biocompatability Testing – Chemical Characterisation of Materials
• Materials identification, reverse engineering and contamination analysis
• Quality Systems

Device Materials Technology

• Materials Selection
• Product and/or Device failure diagnosis
• Product and/or Device Design and Development Services
• Feasibility Studies
• 3D Injection Moulding Simulation
• Mechanical Design Evaluation and FEA
• Long Term Performance and Durability Testing
• Environmental Stress Cracking (ESC)
• End of Life Disposal

Mechanical Testing

• Materials
• Products
• Conformance

Training Courses and Conferences

• Medical Device Regulation
• Introduction to Plastics Technology
• Introduction to Rubber Technology
• Plastics Materials & Products
• Plastics Injection Moulding Technology

• Extractables and Leachables Conference and Training

Polymer Library

• 1,000,000 abstract records
• Source materials from over 300 journals