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Obscuring the message: A critical examination of laboratory test methods for orally inhaled products that could lead the user astray: Part 1—Aerodynamic Particle Size Distribution (APSD)

  • Publication Date: 04/01/2017
  • Author(s):
    Coppolo, Dominic P. Mitchell, Jolyon P. Nagel, Mark W. Suggett, Jason
  • Organization(s):
    Jolyon Mitchell Inhaler Consulting Services, Inc. Monaghan Medical Corporation Trudell Medical International
  • Article Type: Technical Articles
  • Subjects: Instruments, Particle Characterization, Product Development/Formulation, Testing, Validation, and Regulatory Compliance
Avoiding potential pitfalls in testing OIPs for APSD. A future article will discuss emitted dose.

This article focuses on APSD determinations with the purpose of identifying potential pitfalls in set-up, execution and analysis that could obscure the findings, and therefore the interpretation of data, that are derived from such measurements.

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