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Analytical Development

Analytical development services

Get stage-appropriate methods that evolve with your formulation and process

Build the analytical foundation your CMC package needs, with method development for assay, degradants, antioxidants, and preservatives, VICH-aligned stability programmes, and in-process testing from a team with more than 20 years of animal health experience.

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Collect analytical data that answers regulators’ questions before they ask

Every method is designed with your end submission in mind and developed in tandem with your formulation and process.

  • Build methods around your submission: Every analytical method is designed to answer the questions FDA and EMA will ask about your product.
  • Support your shelf-life claims: Stability-indicating methods detect degradation products and support shelf-life claims across VICH-aligned stability programmes.
  • Set specifications with real data: Our flexible SOP framework captures information during GMP runs, giving you the data you need to set specifications and anticipate regulatory questions.
  • Develop methods in context: Your analytical scientists work alongside formulation scientists and process engineers from day one, so methods reflect the formulation decisions being made and the processes being scaled.
  • Transfer methods smoothly: Method transfers cover protocol development, execution, and equivalence assessment, whether you’re bringing an existing product into Argenta or moving Argenta-developed methods to a commercial site.
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“Their analytical expertise is second to none. They have a lot of expertise, a lot of depth.”

—Tammy Newbold, CMC consultant
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33 full-time QC scientists in Auckland

2 development sites with analytical laboratories

330+ SKUs transferred with dossier development

Our Analytical Development Services

Get a defensible CMC package from your first method to commercial release

From early characterisation through to validated release methods, our pharmaceutical analytical development services build the data your animal health registration depends on.

Method development & validation

Get methods for identification, assay, impurities, degradants, dissolution, and content uniformity, designed from the start to support your regulatory submission.

Stability-indicating methods

Detect and quantify degradation products with forced degradation studies and stability-indicating methods that support shelf-life determination and specification setting.

VICH stability programmes

Support global registration across FDA, EMA, and APVMA with accelerated, long-term, and photostability protocols.

In-process & release testing

Get analytical support for raw material testing, in-process controls, and finished product release.

Investigational data collection

Set specifications, characterise your product, and answer regulatory and funding questions with informational data captured during GMP runs.

Source document preparation

Submit with confidence, with documentation prepared by scientists who understand animal health dossier requirements, from CMC documentation through to post-approval variations.
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Tailor methods to your dosage form

Your analytical methods are built for your format, so every question your dosage form raises has an answer in your data.

HPLC, UPLC & GC headspace

Confirm identity, assay, impurities, and residual solvents for every dosage form, with HPLC (DAD and VWD), UPLC, and GC headspace analysis.

USP Type II & paste dissolution

Show that your oral solids, soft chews, and pastes release as intended, with discriminatory dissolution methods built for each format.

Viscometry & rheometry

Make sure your semi-solids and pastes flow, spread, and dose consistently from batch to batch.

Texture analysis

Keep the texture of your soft chews and semi-solids consistent, so your product handles and doses the same way every time.

Particle size analysis

Control particle size in your suspensions and microspheres with laser light scattering (Malvern Mastersizer 2000) and dynamic light scattering.

Zeta potential & emulsion stability

Find out whether your suspensions and emulsions will stay evenly dispersed through their shelf life.

Franz diffusion cells

Measure how well your transdermal solutions and spot-on products permeate the skin.

VICH stability chambers

Support your shelf-life claims for every dosage form with stability studies run in our own chambers.

Take your product from molecule to market with integrated services

Early phase development

Your early-phase work runs alongside pilot, feasibility, and target-animal safety studies, so formulation data shapes your study design, and study results feed back into your formulation decisions.

Formulation development

Your regulatory team works alongside your formulation scientists from day one, so every formulation decision supports your submission.

Analytical development

Your analytical work spans product optimisation through registration, so the methods you develop early carry through to your dossier.

Process development

Your pilot and registration batches supply your field studies directly, so test articles never move between partners.

Why Argenta

Why choose Argenta for analytical development?

Get methods that evolve with your product

Your methods are stage-appropriate, so you’re not over-investing early and you’re ready for validation when you need to be.

Keep your methods in one organisation

Your analytical development flows directly into process validation and commercial release testing, with no method transfers between organisations.

Keep your methods working after approval

Your analytical support continues through commercial release testing and post-approval variations, so your methods stay current for the life of your product.

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Technology transfer

Move your validated product into Argenta’s manufacturing sites, between our sites, or out to another partner, with your analytical methods transferred alongside it.
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Clinical trial supplies

Get GMP-manufactured material for your preclinical and clinical studies, made at bench through pilot scale.
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Contract manufacturing

Supply your market at commercial scale, with release testing built on the methods you developed.
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Featured resources

Outsourced stability testing: Ensuring product quality and reliability

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Developing a palatable and effective soft chew for companion animal medicine

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FAQs

What analytical methods can Argenta develop and validate?
Our analytical method development services cover identification, assay, related substances and impurities, degradants, antioxidants and preservatives, dissolution, content uniformity, residual solvents, and water content, all designed from the start to support your regulatory submission.
Can your analytical development services support stability programmes for global registration?
Yes. We design and run VICH-aligned stability programmes, including accelerated, long-term, intermediate, and photostability conditions, supporting registration across FDA, EMA, APVMA, and other authorities.
How does your analytical team work with formulation and process teams?
Your analytical scientists sit alongside your formulation scientists and process engineers, so methods are developed with the formulation decisions and manufacturing processes in view, reducing the risk of late-stage method failures.
Can you support analytical method transfer for technology transfer projects?
Yes. Whether you’re bringing an existing product into Argenta or moving Argenta-developed methods to a commercial site, our team manages the full method transfer, including protocol development, execution, and equivalence assessment.
Do you prepare analytical sections for regulatory submissions?
Yes. Our analytical scientists prepare source documents and CMC analytical sections for your dossier, working alongside our animal health regulatory team.
Healthy animals. Let’s make it happen, together.
Whether you’re starting with a novel compound or transferring an existing product, get the analytical data your registration needs.
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