Analysis of biopharmaceutical market-appropriate plastic syringe barrel for extractables.

A study was designed to evaluate a new syringe system developed specifically for sensitive pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical drug products. An in-depth review of the extractables portion of this program is presented and includes data generated by liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy, gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy, ion chromatography, and inductively coupled plasma of the Crystal Zenith barrel before and after sterilization. One leachable was identified after e-beam irradiation processing. This leachable, identified as an organic acid species, was then evaluated from a safety assessment viewpoint. The details of this program and associated results are explained in this report.