Filab, chemical analysis laboratory
For over 30 years, FILAB has specialized in chemical analysis, including chemical composition analysis for industry. Need to identify a substance or validate your products’ compliance?
FILAB chemical analysis laboratory carries out your analyses (ICP, GC-MS, HPLC…) on complex matrices. From impurity detection to quality control, benefit from responsive and reliable chemical and technical expertise.
Your needs: analyze the chemical substances that make up your finished products and raw materials
COFRAC ISO 17025 accredited laboratory
FILAB guarantees the reliability and impartiality of chemical analysis services through a robust and recognized quality system.
- COFRAC Testing Accreditation (No. 1-1793 and 1-2290): scopes available on www.cofrac.fr.
- ISO 17025 Standard : a guarantee of technical competence and result validity for your regulatory files.
- GMP compliance (Good Manufacturing Practices): dedicated support for the pharmaceutical industry.
Our services
Pharmaceutical
Chemical analysis is essential in the pharmaceutical industry. FILAB offers its expertise to maximize product performance through an in-depth understanding of their chemical properties.
The FILAB laboratory carries out analyses to verify the purity of active ingredients.
In various situations, the pharmaceutical industry must precisely measure the amount of a substance present in its products. FILAB is there to support them in the development and validation of reliable, fast, and adaptable analytical methods.
The ICH Q3D guideline defines the method for assessing elemental impurities in pharmaceutical products, including medicines intended for human use. In parallel, USP 233 describes the new requirements relating to the analysis of elemental impurities in pharmaceutical products.
The residual solvents present in pharmaceutical products are volatile organic chemical substances. USP sets control limits and test criteria for organic impurities, particularly in chapter 467.
The nitrosamines are considered hazardous substances and potentially carcinogenic to humans by IARC and WHO. They are also monitored by ANSM.
In various contexts, it is essential to carry out the analysis of the chemical composition of a powder. Whether for quality control, regulatory compliance, or following a defective product, chemical analysis plays a crucial role in all industrial sectors, particularly in the pharmaceutical field.
FILAB has developed methods for analyzing extractables and leachables in compliance with current standards and guidelines (USP 1663, USP 1664, NF EN 1186, NF EN 1388-2, NF EN 10993-12, …) as well as applicable national and European regulations (DGCCRF information notices, EC Regulation 1935/2004, EC 10/2011, …). Our methods are rigorous, reliable, and meet the highest scientific standards.
Particles or contamination can be analyzed in different contexts. They can be analyzed to verify their size, whether they are particles, microparticles, or even nanoparticles. They can also be analyzed during a manufacturing process to detect surface particle contamination on a metal part, the presence of dust, or cross-contamination.
Medical Devices
Standard ISO 19227:2018 "Implants for surgery - Cleanliness of orthopaedic implants - General requirements" establishes the cleanliness criteria and validation of cleaning processes for orthopaedic implants.
The international standard ISO 10993 concerns the biological evaluation of medical devices and testing within the framework of risk management. Analyses are carried out in accordance with COFRAC ISO 17025.
Chemical analysis has become crucial in all industrial sectors. The FILAB laboratory helps industries optimize product performance by leveraging in-depth knowledge of their chemical properties.
The FILAB laboratory carries out analyses to check the purity of active ingredients.
When you launch a product, optimize a process, or need to comply with new regulations, you need to precisely measure the amount of a substance or element in your products. This requires the use of reliable, high-performance analytical methods tailored to your specific matrix.
Chemical Industry
Chemical analysis is essential across all industrial sectors, particularly for the Chemical Industry. FILAB laboratory helps industries improve the performance of their products through a thorough understanding of their chemical properties.
In various situations, industries need to measure the amount of a substance in their products. FILAB offers its expertise in developing and validating reliable, fast, and transferable analytical methods.
FILAB performs analyses of regulated substances in all sample matrices.
Deformulation, also known as reverse engineering, is the chemical analysis process used to determine the exact composition of a complex commercial product. Whether it is an aqueous solution, a powder, a polymer, a ceramic, or a metallic material, we use different analytical techniques to identify the nature and quantities of the raw materials present in the sample.
The European REACH regulation requires manufacturers and importers of chemical substances and mixtures to register them with the ECHA if they exceed a volume of more than 1 tonne per year. FILAB is here to help you with this registration process.
PMUC control or approval analysis consists of verifying the amount of halogens present in products and materials intended for use in power plants, using EDF-specific protocols for each product family. The PMUC chemical analyses carried out by FILAB comply with EDF procedure D5713 / DJX / RB 90 0295.
The chiral analysis is an analytical technique that makes it possible to separate and quantify the enantiomers of a chiral molecule. A chiral molecule has two forms that are mirror images of each other, called enantiomers, which are not superimposable.
Cosmetics
- Heavy Metals
- Phthalates
- Residual Solvents
Sunscreens used in cosmetic products are subject to strict regulations to ensure user safety. FILAB ensures the reliability of its analysis results for inorganic sunscreens present in your cosmetic products.
In accordance with current regulations, FILAB performs assays and analyses of preservatives present in cosmetic products.
FILAB laboratory specializes in the study and measurement of nanomaterials and nanoparticles. We use state-of-the-art tools to evaluate these particles in raw materials and finished products.
Chemical analysis is crucial in every industrial sector. FILAB laboratory helps industries improve the performance of their products by gaining a deep understanding of their chemical properties.
FILAB carries out analyses to ensure the purity of active ingredients.
In various situations, the cosmetics industry needs to accurately measure the substances present in its products. FILAB offers its expertise to develop and validate reliable, fast, and transferable analytical methods.
Specific chemical composition analyses
Our chemical analysis techniques
Our solutions
Supporting manufacturers with chemical analysis services in the laboratory
Thanks to its multidisciplinary team of experts, FILAB’s analytical chemistry laboratory offers you a wide range of chemical composition analysis services in the laboratory to test all your raw materials and finished products, some of which are COFRAC ISO 17025 accredited. To meet all of the chemical analysis services mentioned above, FILAB’s laboratory offers several techniques.
Why contact a chemical analysis laboratory?
Verify and characterize the chemical composition of a raw material, an intermediate, or a finished product.
Verify and characterize the chemical composition of a raw material, an intermediate, or a finished product.
Identify complex additives, fillers, or impurities using high-resolution analytical techniques (ICP, GC-MS, FTIR, XRF, etc.).
Identify complex additives, fillers, or impurities using high-resolution analytical techniques (ICP, GC-MS, FTIR, XRF, etc.).
Determine the origin of chemical contamination or trace the presence of pollutants at trace levels.
Determine the origin of chemical contamination or trace the presence of pollutants at trace levels.
Analyze the causes of a failure or malfunction related to chemical composition (corrosion, instability, aging…).
Analyze the causes of a failure or malfunction related to chemical composition (corrosion, instability, aging…).
Compare the composition of several products in order to assess their performance, regulatory compliance, or equivalence.
Compare the composition of several products in order to assess their performance, regulatory compliance, or equivalence.
Decode a product formulation to understand its molecular structure and chemical logic.
Decode a product formulation to understand its molecular structure and chemical logic.
Carry out de-formulation (reverse engineering) in order to reconstruct a competitor’s product recipe and identify its strategic components.
Carry out de-formulation (reverse engineering) in order to reconstruct a competitor’s product recipe and identify its strategic components.
Provide documented analytical reports that are legally defensible in the event of a dispute
Provide documented analytical reports that are legally defensible in the event of a dispute
Chemical analysis laboratory / analytical equipment park
Expert in the analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), our GC-MS equipment enables the quantification of residual solvents, nitrosamines, and the de-formulation of complex mixtures.
For your non-volatile molecules, we use UPLC-MS/MS and UPLC-HRMS (Q-TOF) for impurity identification, active ingredient assay, and extractables and leachables (E&L) studies.
Essential for polymer characterization, GPC makes it possible to accurately measure molar masses (Mn, Mw) and the polydispersity distribution of your resins and plastics.
For elemental analysis and heavy metal quantification, our ICP-MS systems enable trace-level impurity measurement (ppb/ppt) in accordance with ICH Q3D and USP 232/233.
Combined with X-ray microanalysis (EDX), this technique is essential for surface analysis, the identification of particulate contamination, and materials failure investigation.
Our FAQ
A chemical analysis laboratory is a laboratory where chemists and other scientists conduct research, experiments, and chemical analyses to determine the composition of various substances. These laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art instruments and equipment used to measure, analyze, and handle chemicals. The staff in these laboratories includes qualified technicians and experienced chemists who use their expertise to interpret the results of tests performed on samples obtained from clinical or environmental sources. Chemical analysis laboratories can provide testing services for industrial, medical, or environmental applications, such as drug potency testing…
Companies often outsource chemical analysis services to save time and money, as well as to ensure accurate results. By outsourcing these services, companies can access specialized equipment, expertise, and staff that they may not have in-house. This allows them to analyze samples quickly and accurately while complying with strict regulations and standards. In addition, outsourcing enables a company to focus on its core business and reduces the need to maintain a complex laboratory infrastructure. Finally, it can lead to cost savings by avoiding expensive investments in staff training and equipment maintenance.
Our chemical analysis laboratory carries out a wide range of tests for various applications, including raw material testing, material characterization, drug potency testing, and cosmetics analysis.
As part of quality control, regulatory compliance, or following a product failure, laboratory chemical composition analysis has become essential across all industrial sectors. Indeed, increasingly complex regulatory requirements are leading manufacturers to optimize product performance through a better understanding of their chemical properties.
To do this, using analytical chemistry makes it possible to obtain quantitative chemical analyses (concentration and dosage of components) or qualitative analyses (the nature of a chemical composition). Our laboratory, specialized in chemical analyses and equipped with cutting-edge analytical methods, is here to support you in this process.
As part of quality control, regulatory compliance, or following a product failure, laboratory chemical composition analysis has become essential across all industrial sectors. Indeed, increasingly complex regulatory requirements are leading manufacturers to optimize product performance through a better understanding of their chemical properties.
To do this, using analytical chemistry makes it possible to obtain quantitative chemical analyses (concentration and dosage of components) or qualitative analyses (the nature of a chemical composition). Our laboratory, specialized in chemical analyses and equipped with cutting-edge analytical methods, is here to support you in this process.
To prepare an accurate quote, we need:
the nature of the sample (water, metal, polymer, etc.),
the number of samples,
the chemical analyses required (organic, mineral, physico-chemical, etc.),
the standards or methods to be followed,
Our teams can help you define the right analytical scope.
Yes. We carry out mineral chemistry analyses (metals, anions, cations, trace elements, etc.) by ICP-OES, ICP-MS, or ion chromatography.
A quote will be provided after assessing your needs.
Yes. We offer an urgent analysis option with priority processing of samples.
The quote includes an estimate of the accelerated turnaround time.
Absolutely. If you are unsure which analyses are relevant, our experts will advise you based on your needs: regulatory compliance, quality control, diagnosis, pollution investigation, etc.
Sending samples: instructions can be found directly in the following article.
Using a chemical analysis laboratory like FILAB gives you access to advanced technical expertise, a comprehensive range of instruments, and proven mastery of complex analytical methods.
This outsourcing also provides scientific support for data interpretation, non-conformity investigations, raw material qualification, and formulation control, while ensuring responsiveness and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
To get a chemical analysis quote within 24-48 hours, please fill out the form on our page directly.
FAQ - Chemical composition analysis
Chemical composition analysis makes it possible to accurately determine the nature and quantity of the elements present in a sample. The FILAB laboratory carries out this type of analysis on a wide range of matrices (solids, liquids, powders) in order to identify the components and verify their compliance with the expected specifications
Our teams rely on analytical techniques tailored to each issue: optical emission spectrometry (ICP-AES), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), chromatography, and infrared spectrometry. These complementary methods ensure precise characterization, whether for major elements or trace elements.
Elemental analysis aims to measure the content of specific elements such as carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, or certain metals.
These measurements provide an essential basis for understanding a material’s composition and assessing its properties or performance in an industrial context.
The choice of method depends on the nature of the sample, the elements being sought, and the level of precision required. FILAB teams support each client in defining the most relevant analytical method, taking into account the technical, regulatory, and standards-related constraints specific to each industry
Chemical composition analysis consists of identifying and quantifying the elements present in a sample in order to obtain an accurate snapshot of its composition.
Deformulation, on the other hand, goes further: it aims to reconstruct the complete formulation of a product (raw materials, additives, fillers, etc.) by relying on different analytical techniques.
Chemical composition analysis is a key step in deformulation, but deformulation provides a comprehensive and detailed understanding of a product’s recipe.
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