Pharmacy Laboratory
We run more than 150 routine lab tests in a CCKL-accredited environment
Services
The Pharmacy Laboratory of the UMC Utrecht performs analyses for clinical pharmacology and toxicology for patient care and clinical research. In addition, quality control is performed on (in-house) pharmaceutical preparations including shelf life tests and formulation tests as well as quality control of the raw materials. There is a whole range of routine analyses that take place at least once a year. Most methods are based on LC-MS/MS technology.
Research
The central research theme of the Pharmacy Laboratory is to explain, predict and improve the variability of patient response to pharmacological treatment through clinical pharmacology and clinical pharmaco-epidemiological approaches. This theme is inspired from the problems in patient care
Main lines of research:
- Drug innovation in pediatrics;
- Central nervous system pharmaco-epidemiology;
- Biomarkers for drug response;
- Pharmacokinetics of biologicals;
- Immunopharmacology in (hemato)-oncology and rheumatology;
- Adherence assessment using LC-MS/MS technology.
Equipment
The following techniques are used for analysis of patient material: immunoassay, AAS, HPLC/UV-fluorescence, GC, LC-MS/MS technology, UV-spectrophotometry. For quality control of raw materials and preparations additional techniques are used including IR, titrimetry, TLC, osmolarity and chemical tests. The pharmacy laboratory at UMC Utrecht is ISO15189-accredited.
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Pharmacy Laboratory
UMC Utrecht
Huispostnummer D.00.204
Heidelberglaan 100
3584 CX Utrecht
Phone: +31 88 75 560 88
Email: V.A.C.M.Attevelt@umcutrecht.nl
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