Research and Development

Our highly skilled professional R&D Team is dedicated to creating the superior products that our customers need to succeed in a demanding market. Our R&D lab is equipped for formulation, development, and validation of innovative new products. Our team will help take your ideas from concept to market in the shortest possible time.

Research and Development:

Improve Existing Formulation/New Product Formulation
Experienced Chemists
FDA Consultants
Lab Technicians
Microbiologists
Commitment to Research
Implementation of latest technologies
C of A and MSDS forms generated

Lab Analysis:

UPI adheres to the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Pharmacopoeia for analytical and microbiological testing. UPI’s Research and Development lab complies to the requirements of the Good Laboratory Practices and our analytical and microbiological labs comply to the current Good Manufacturing Practices. UPI is experienced in testing drug products, medical device components (such as IVD solutions), cosmetics, and nutritional products.

UPI offers a wide range of analytical testing capabilities including incoming and finished goods testing using:

pH Testing- all ranges
ISE (ion selective electrode) method
Fluoride chloride
TOC (total organic carbon) for water cleaning and validation
Purified water testing
Conductivity- water testing
Viscosity- Brookfield Viscometer
Chemical Titrations- peroxide concentrations (carbamide and hydrogen)
Chemical Identity- raw ingredient testing
Spectophotometer- UV and visible for raw material identity testing and assay
Infra-Red Spectrometer- raw material identification testing.
Specific Gravity

UPI also offers method development to help its partners with limited analytical capabilities. UPI can transfer and validate methods from other facilities, as well.

Our microbiological lab is compliant to the requirements of the USP and is capable of species level identification.

We regularly perform Total Plate Counts for Yeast and Molds as well as Total Plate Counts for general testing and for specific pathogens including Salmonella, E. coli, P. aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aereus. Additional standards can be added upon request.

UPI will build an analytical and microbiological testing plan for components and finished goods that meets customer specific requirements and can provide guidance in good practices.

In addition, we work with contracted labs for those tests that may be unique or fall outside of our capabilities.