Co-Sense for Impurities - Features

Impurity intake restricted to 1.5 µg/day max. when taking a drug over a long period (12 months or more)

Example: For a 30 mg daily drug dose (10 mg tablet three times a day), genotoxic impurities must be controlled to 0.005 % (1.5 µg/30 mg x 100).
(* Demands approximately 20 times higher sensitivity than for 0.1 % normal impurities.)

The Co-Sense for Impurities system increases the sensitivity 10 to 20 times by performing online trap concentration of the impurity fractions obtained by 1-D separation, and subsequently performing 2-D separation.
Compared to MS, it offers the advantages of (1) requiring no special analytical skill and (2) low initial capital costs to create the system, since an existing LC system can be expanded. The graphical user interface of the dedicated control software makes operation easy.

Quantification using trap concentration with an absorbance detector can fully exploit various separation conditions, such as phosphate buffer solution and ion-pair reagents, which inhibit MS measurements, to achieve greater separation of components and ultrahigh-sensitivity quantification of ultra-trace impurities. It is recommended in cases where sensitivity or separation is problematic, such as when the sample solution is excessively diluted or when an impurity component is mistaken for a target compound.

The Co-Sense for Impurities System achieves approximately 10 to 20 times higher sensitivity than 1-D separation only by performing trap concentration of the target impurity fractions obtained by 1-D separation and subsequently performing 2-D separation.

This shows five consecutive analysis results on methyl paraben solution in methanol (40 ng/mL, 50 µL injected volume) injected as the test sample. The results show excellent retention time and area value repeatability.

Using a 1-D and 2-D column with different retention characteristics, or using different mobile phase compositions, permits reliable separation and highly accurate quantitation of trace impurities in cases where adequate separation of the main components from impurities is difficult using 1-D separation only.

A drug was spiked to 0.0008 % with caffeine as a pseudo-impurity, and then analyzed. Before concentration, another impurity in the drug was overlaid on the caffeine peak. Concentration enhanced sensitivity and optimization of the separation conditions, permitting high-sensitivity, high-resolution detection. (Drug injected volume: 1.5 mL at 0.5 mg/mL concentration).

Significant knowledge and experience are generally required to set the analytical conditions and clean the flow lines of a 2-D separation system. However, the graphical user interface of the dedicated control software is so clear that anyone can operate the Co-Sense for Impurities System.