Pittsburgh, PA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/22/2010 -- Gateway Analytical, a new quality-focused analytical testing and consulting services company, opened its doors for business last week at 4156 Kenneth Drive, Gibsonia, Pa., a Pittsburgh suburb. Despite a weak economy, testing companies like Gateway Analytical are thriving, with an expected annual growth rate of 5.7% in the next five years according to a March 2010 IBISWorld report on U.S. laboratory testing services.
“Gateway Analytical fills a necessary niche out there—providing regulatory expertise in the face of increased government regulations on consumer, pharmaceutical and food products,” said David Exline, Senior Vice President of Gateway Analytical. “We’ve invested substantial funds to bring this expertise to the Pittsburgh area.”
Offering a blend of conventional and innovative testing methods, the company’s 3,000-square foot facility serves businesses in the materials science, pharmaceutical and forensics industries. With a focus on quality, Gateway Analytical scientists have expertise in a number of regulatory processes and procedures, including ISO, current good manufacturing practices (cGMP), Quality by Design (QbD) and American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB).
In addition to regulatory knowledge, the company’s experts draw from their diverse backgrounds to get to the core of each issue before planning a remediation strategy, offering creative solutions to complex scientific problems.
Highlighted testing and consulting services include:
Forensics (criminal and civil)
• Accident investigation
• Expert testimony
• Trace evidence (hairs, fibers, paint, unknown materials, etc.) examination
• Hyperspectral imaging of questioned documents and latent fingerprints
Pharmaceutical
• Coating thickness measurement
• Content uniformity
• Foreign particulate identification
• Particle sizing
• Polymorph analysis
• Regulatory and intellectual property support
Materials science
• Failure analysis
• Particle characterization
• Reverse engineering
• Technology transfer
Gateway Analytical will be debuting its pharmaceutical offerings at FIP Pharmaceutical Sciences 2010 World Congress in Association with the AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition, Nov. 14-18, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans.
For more information on Gateway Analytical, visit the company website: http://www.gatewayanalytical.com. For service inquiries call (724) 443-1900 or email info@gatewayanalytical.com.
About Gateway Analytical
Gateway Analytical, LLC provides solution-driven analytical testing and consulting services to businesses in the pharmaceutical, materials science and forensics industries. A trusted voice in product efficacy and quality, the Gibsonia, Pa. company offers conventional and innovative analytical testing techniques that give clients a competitive edge in the marketplace.
Gateway Analytical is a subsidiary of ChemImage Corporation, a leader in chemical imaging technology and instrumentation.