iBET continues its our goal for strategic growth towards future challenges

The Analytical Services Unit, a joint department of iBET and ITQB-UNL under the executive management of iBET, has been granted a Manufacturer Authorization from INFARMED that allows it to further extend its scope of activities to quality control and lot release of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), namely human medicinal and human investigational medicinal products. The authorization falls under the Art. 40 of Directive 2001/83/EC and Art. 13 of Directive 2001/20/EC, or Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and comprises:

• Non-sterile products
• Batch certification
• Biological medicinal products
• Immunological products
• Cell therapy products
• Gene therapy products
• Biotechnology product
• Quality Control Testing
• Microbiological: non-sterility
• Chemical/Physical
• Biological

ASU is therefore maintaining a certified Quality Management Systemof major importance for the Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical industries. Other services provided by ASU include the development, optimization and validation of analytical methods as well as support in Biopharmaceutical Development. The maintenance of certified Quality Management System is demonstrative of ASU commitment to quality and therefore of benefit also for other ASU clients such as those from the agro-food and chemical industries or academia.