Elemental Impurities FAQs
This FAQs section details frequently asked questions about the Elemental Impurities database.
What is the risk that only excipients with low levels of elemental impurities data are submitted to the Lhasa database?
Currently, the data in the database represent the major excipients used by 10 large pharmaceutical companies in their product development. There is no advantage to either pharmaceutical or excipient supplier data donors in submitting biased data to the database (in the latter case particularly since the supplier name is blinded) and the risk of this type of bias is therefore considered to be low
