Investigative Analysis – GLP Compliant Problem Solving
Oxford Analytical Services provides expert investigative analysis, helping businesses identify, understand and resolve complex chemical and formulation challenges. Whether you are facing unexpected contamination, product degradation, stability concerns, or regulatory compliance issues, our GLP compliant approach delivers scientifically robust insights to support decision making.
Using advanced analytical techniques, we conduct in depth investigations to pinpoint the root cause of performance failures, unknown impurities and unexpected chemical interactions, ensuring product integrity and compliance.
Investigative Analysis Challenges We Solve
When standard testing fails to provide answers, our investigative approach can uncover critical insights into:
- Unexpected Contamination: Identifying unknown impurities, trace elements, or foreign substances impacting product quality
- Degradation & Stability Issues: Investigating unexpected changes in product stability or performance over time
- Inconsistent Batch Quality: Analysing variations in composition, purity, or efficacy across different production batches
- Regulatory Non-Compliance Risks: Supporting compliance with BPR, REACH, PPP, ICH and other regulatory frameworks
- Unknown Physical & Chemical Reactions: Detecting chemical interactions that may cause incompatibility, instability, or safety risks
Our scientific expertise and state-of-the-art instrumentation enable us to deliver detailed analytical insights, helping you mitigate risks and ensure regulatory compliance.
Benefits and Unique Value of Oxford Analytical Services
Root Cause Analysis & Problem Solving
We go beyond standard testing to diagnose complex chemical and formulation issues, ensuring product quality and compliance.
Advanced Analytical Techniques
We use HPLC, GC-MS, LC-MS/MS, ICP-MS, FTIR, NMR and other high precision technologies to detect even trace level anomalies.
GLP Compliant Data & Regulatory Support
All investigations follow Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) standards, ensuring high quality, reproducible data for regulatory submissions.
Bespoke Testing & Custom Study Design
We tailor our investigative studies to your specific product, industry and compliance needs.
Fast & Confidential Service
We understand the urgency of product investigations and offer rapid turnaround times with complete confidentiality.
Regulations We Cover
Our investigative analysis services support compliance with:
- Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) – Regulation (EU) 528/2012
- Plant Protection Products Regulation (PPP) – Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
- REACH – Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
- ICH Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Testing
- OECD Guidelines for Chemical Testing
Partner with OAS
- Industry Leading Expertise – Supporting biocide, agrochemical, industrial chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers
- State-of-the-Art Techniques – Delivering cutting edge investigative analysis for complex challenges
- Customer Focused Approach – Providing tailored solutions to meet your unique problem solving needs
Facing an unexplained chemical issue?
Our services include:
Assesses product consistency across batches, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Determines technical equivalence by comparing composition, impurities and physical properties to reference materials. Learn more.
Provides expert guidance on analytical strategies, regulatory compliance, method selection and problem solving. Supports research, product development and troubleshooting for various industries. Learn more.
Determines the elemental composition of materials, detecting trace metals and other elements using techniques like ICP-MS and ICP-OES. Essential for regulatory testing and material characterisation. Learn more.
Identifies and quantifies impurities in raw materials, intermediates and final products. Ensures compliance with safety standards and supports formulation optimisation. Learn more.
Confirms the accuracy, reliability and reproducibility of analytical methods through independent verification, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Learn more.
Diagnoses unknown contaminants, product failures, or unexpected variations using a range of analytical techniques. Supports root cause analysis and corrective actions. Learn more.
Designs and optimises robust analytical methods tailored to specific applications. Validates methods to ensure accuracy, precision, specificity and regulatory compliance. Learn more.
Evaluates key physical and chemical properties, such as solubility, stability, pH, viscosity and refractive index, supporting material characterisation and regulatory submissions. Learn more.
Characterises polymer composition, molecular weight, degradation and thermal properties. Supports material selection, quality control and failure investigations. Learn more.
Determines the chemical makeup of products, ensuring formulations meet regulatory and quality requirements. Useful for verifying ingredient levels and detecting contaminants. Learn more.
Provides regular testing to verify product consistency, purity and compliance with specifications. Supports manufacturing and regulatory compliance. Learn more.
Uses innovative and targeted approaches to detect unexpected compounds, emerging contaminants, or novel substances, supporting research and development. Learn more.
Evaluates product stability under various conditions to determine shelf life, degradation pathways and compliance with regulatory guidelines. Learn more.
Identifies unknown compounds using advanced spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques, ensuring proper classification, safety assessment and regulatory compliance. Learn more.