Pharmaceutical standards guide for UV-Vis spectrophotometers

24 Jun 2026

This resource from Thermo Fisher Scientific details the Evolution™ UV-Visible spectrophotometer series and Insight™ Pro software, providing guidance on selecting appropriate standards and workflows to support regulatory compliance and routine quality control in pharmaceutical laboratories.

It also outlines best practices for ensuring pharmaceutical compliance using UV-Vis spectrophotometers, including performance verification against USP and European Pharmacopeia (EP) standards.

Explore key validation parameters such as wavelength accuracy, absorbance accuracy, stray light, and resolution, as well as recommended reference materials and calibration standards required for testing.

Resource details:

Resource type: Product Brochure
Page count: 8
Read time: 12 mins

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