Quercus Labo


GMP-certified contract QC laboratory offering end-to-end analytical services for pharmaceutical and life-science organizations. Services cover chemical and microbiological testing, method development and validation, stability studies, environmental and cleanroom monitoring, elemental impurity analysis, and EU batch release/QP support. The laboratory holds ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation and GMP licences and performs testing in compliance with pharmacopeial and ICH requirements.

Industries

analytics
b2b
cosmetics
pharmaceutical

Nr. of Employees

small (1-50)

Quercus Labo

Wijmenstraat 21P, 9030 Mariakerke (Gent), Belgium


Products

QC Chemical Analysis

Provides chemical quality control testing services for pharmaceutical raw materials and finished products to support laboratory QC needs.

Method Development & Validation

Supports development and validation of analytical methods for pharmaceutical quality control to ensure regulatory compliance and accuracy.

Stability Testing

Conducts GMP-compliant stability studies to assess the shelf-life and stability of pharmaceutical products under various conditions.

Cleaning Validation

Assists in establishing and validating cleaning procedures to ensure pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment is free from contaminants.

Microbiological Analysis

Performs microbiological testing and validation to assess the microbial purity of raw materials and finished pharmaceutical products.

Environmental Monitoring

Provides environmental monitoring and cleanroom qualification services to validate controlled manufacturing environments.


Services

Compendial and instrumental chemical testing of raw materials, APIs and finished products across a wide range of dosage forms including solids, injectables, creams, suspensions and high-potency materials. Includes residual solvent, related substances, assay and physical tests.

Analytical method development and validation services to ICH/pharmacopoeial standards, including quantitative and limit-test validations and support for method transfer between laboratories.

Design and execution of cleaning validation programs, analytical method development for trace-level API residues, and swab/sample analysis for chemical and microbiological contaminants.

Routine microbiological testing, preservative efficacy (challenge) testing, endotoxin testing and purified water microbiological/TOC analysis integrated into stability or release protocols.

Active air and compressed gas sampling for microbial and non-viable particle assessment, cleanroom qualification and ongoing environmental monitoring programs.

Risk-based screening and quantitative analysis of elemental impurities across APIs, excipients and finished products using ICP-MS/ICP-OES and validated sample preparation.

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Expertise Areas

  • Quality control testing
  • Analytical method development & validation
  • Elemental impurities analysis (ICH Q3D)
  • Microbiological testing and preservative efficacy (PET)
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Key Technologies

  • High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC/UHPLC)
  • Gas chromatography (GC, GC-FID)
  • Evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD)
  • Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
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News & Updates

Overview of PSD analysis methods (laser diffraction, DLS, microscopy, sieving, sedimentation), their role in formulation, QC and process optimisation, and trends toward PAT integration.

Uses of DSC for polymorphism analysis, purity assessment, thermal stability evaluation, drug–excipient interaction studies and batch consistency verification.

Explanation of preservative efficacy testing (PET), challenge study design, relevant USP/EP expectations and integration into stability programs.

Discussion of the importance and procedures for friability and disintegration testing for tablets and capsules and their role in QC and formulation optimisation.


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