Development and Validation of Specific Stability Indicating CE Assay Method for HIV-Protease Inhibitor Indinavir Sulphate

Recent advances in capillary electrophoretic migration techniques for pharmaceutical analysis

Since the introduction about 30 years ago, CE techniques have gained a significant impact in pharmaceutical analysis. The present review covers recent advances and applications of CE for the analysis of pharmaceuticals. Both small molecules and biomolecules such as proteins are considered. The applications range from the determination of drug-related substances to the analysis of counterions and the determination of physicochemical parameters. Furthermore, general considerations of CE methods in pharmaceutical analysis are described.

Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometric studies of indinavir sulphate and its forced degradation products

Indinavir sulphate was subjected to forced degradation under hydrolysis (acidic, basic and neutral), oxidation, photolysis and thermal stress as prescribed by ICH guidelines. It was degraded under acidic, basic, neutral and oxidative stress conditions, while it was stable under other conditions. After degradation total eight degradation products were formed. The degradation products were identified and their separation was accomplished on Waters XTerra(®) C(18) column (250 mm × 4.6mm i.d., 5 μm) using 20mM ammonium actate:acetonitrile as (50:50, v/v) mobile phase in an isocratic elution mode by LC. The method was extended to LC-MS/MS for characterization of the degradation products and the fragmentation pathways were proposed. The proposed structures of degradation products were also confirmed by HRMS studies. No previous reports were found in the literature regarding the characterization of degradation products of indinavir sulphate.