About Us

The company behind
better crystal forms

PCL Research & Manufacturing s.r.l. provides reliable solutions to optimise and control the crystallisation process of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for pharmaceutical companies — since 2005.

Our Mission

Why we are different

Our mission is to support our clients during drug development, helping them to reduce batch failure, avoid costly crystallisation issues and overall offer greater confidence in drug quality. We can support you from early-phase drug discovery to kilogram-scale non-GMP supply.

We are a high-performing, cohesive team of trained chemists and analysts, with more than 20 years of experience in the development and optimization of APIs crystallization.

We care about results and innovation based on sound science and the use of modern technologies.

Efficiency

Reliability

Expertise

PCL R&M LaboratoryMedicina, Bologna — Italy
Infrastructure

Equipment & Capabilities

Our laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art instruments covering the complete range of solid-state and physicochemical characterization at a glance.

Structural Characterization
Physicochemical
Thermal Analysis
Rheological
Reactors & In-Situ
Filtering & Drying
XRPD (PANalytical X'Pert3 Powder)
XRPD (RIGAKU Miniflex 600)
XRPD Single Crystal (SC-XRPD)
Variable Temperature XRPD (VT-XRPD)
FT-IR/FT-RAMAN (Thermo Nicolet iS50)
Form Determination/Quantification
ICP-MS
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
Solid State NMR (Bruker AVANCE II 400)
PLM (Motic Microscope BA210)
BET Surface Area (Micromeritics TriStar II)
Particle Size & Shape (Malvern Morphologi G3)
PSD (Malvern Mastersizer 3000)
Liquid State NMR
Dissolution (Agilent 708-DS)
Solubility (Avantium Crystal16)
Chemical Identity (Agilent ACQUITY)
Chemical Purity (HPLC UV, DAD, ED, RI, FL)
Water Content (Mettler-Toledo Karl-Fischer)
Dynamic Vapour Sorption (DVS SMS Intrinsic)
DSC (Mettler-Toledo)
TGA-EGA (MT + Thermo Nicolet iS10 IR)
TGA (Mettler-Toledo)
GC (Agilent 7820A)
Hot-Stage Microscopy (HSM)
Viscosity / Disco-Elasticity
Flowability / Aeration
Shear Cell / Wall Friction
Compressibility / Permeability
Bulk / Tapped Density
Mettler-Toledo EasyMax (50–100 mL)
Atlas Jacketed Reactor (50 mL – 5 L)
Pressure Reactor (up to 5 L)
Particle size & count (FBRM G400 MT)
FT-IR (ReactIR 15 MT)
UV-Vis (Cary50)
Heat Flow Calorimetry (EasyMax102 HFCal)
Temperature, Turbidity & pH
Kilolab units (50 L, non-GMP)
Vacuum filtration
Agitated filter drier (up to 2 L)
Centrifuge
Buchi B-290 Spray Dryer
Quality & Compliance

Certifications

Our analytical facility and processes operate under strict regulatory compliance, providing pharmaceutical companies worldwide with complete confidence.

FDA

FDA Inspected Test Facility

FDA-inspected test facility for the analysis of pharmaceutical products, confirming adherence to international quality standards.

GMP

AIFA GMP Certified Lab

Our analytical department is certified to work according to GMP by AIFA. The GMP certification includes X-ray powder diffraction (quantitative/qualitative), FT-Raman, FT-IR and PSD.

MoH

Ministry of Health Authorization

PCL R&M received authorization from the Italian Ministry of Health for the study, production and chemical/physical analysis of controlled substances.

Ready to discuss your project?

Our team of expert chemists and analysts is ready to support your drug development — from early-phase screening to non-GMP development and manufacturing.

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