Polymer Specialists to the Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices Industries

Smithers Rapra's understanding of the requirements of the Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Industries has enabled the development of an extensive range of services to support the use of plastics, rubbers & other polymers within the Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Industries. Recognised as one of the world's foremost rubber, plastics & polymer testing & consultancy providers, Smithers Rapra has a vast knowledge built up through over 90 years of consulting & testing which is now being applied in the pharmaceutical & medical device arenas:

Analytical Services

• Extractables & Leachables Testing
• Compatibility & Stability Studies
• Routine/Release Testing
• Method Development & Validation
• Biological Evaluation
• Contamination
• Materials identification & reverse engineering
• Conformance

Product Design

• Product Development
• Finite Element Analysis
• Analysis & Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)

Mechanical Testing

• Materials
• Products
• Conformance

Rubber & Plastics Technology

• Materials Selection
• Failure Diagnosis
• Feasibility Studies

Training Courses

• Medical Device Regulation
• Introduction to Plastics Technology
• Introduction to Rubber Technology
• Plastics Materials & Products
• Plastics Injection Moulding Technology

Polymer Library

• 1,000,000 abstract records
• Source materials from over 300 journals