Extractables & Leachables Analysis

Description:
Extractables and leachables (E&L) from pharmaceutical packaging, medical devices, and process equipment can potentially pose risks to the safety, efficacy, and stability of pharmaceutical or medical products. This session will highlight multiple analytical techniques used to identify and quantify E&L, such as GC-MS, LC-MS, and ICP-MS.

Speaker: DUJUAN Lu - SGS Health Sciences
Dr. Dujuan Lu serves as the manager for the extractables and leachables (E&L) team at the SGS Health Science Fairfield New Jersey facility as well as the global leader amongst the three centers of excellence for E&L testing. As a subject matter expert in the E&L field, she is frequently presenting at various conferences as invited speakers and technical session chairs. She was named one of the top 60 most influential people working in the pharmaceutical industry in the Medicine Maker’s 2020 power list.
Dr. Lu obtained her PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh and BS in chemistry from Nanjing University. She has authored more than 15 high-impart journal publications with more than 300 citations. She is serving as an expert reviewer for more than 10 prestigious journals in the field of analytical chemistry and pharmaceutical science.