Ask the Expert: Ensuring Purity and Compliance in Glycol Testing

Recent incidents of cough syrup contamination have led regulatory authorities worldwide, including the FDA, WHO, and CDSCO, to tighten oversight on ethylene glycol (EG), diethylene glycol (DEG), and similar excipients level in pharmaceutical products. With new mandates requiring rigorous testing of all raw materials and excipients, analytical labs now face increasing pressure to demonstrate both accuracy and compliance in glycol testing.

Join our Ask the Expert session to hear directly from our experts on how validated GC-FID workflows can help your lab meet evolving regulatory expectations with confidence.

In this interactive session, our experts will address real-world questions around method setup, validation, and troubleshooting, while sharing practical insights on achieving consistent, reproducible results aligned with USP, IP, and WHO guidelines.

Whether you’re establishing an in-house testing method or optimizing your existing workflow, this session will help you ensure that every test run and every product released stands up to the highest standards of purity and regulatory compliance.

Presenter: Dr. Kuldeep Sharma (Business Development Manager - Pharma, Agilent Technologies)

Dr. Kuldeep Sharma has over 23 years of experience in area of pharmaceuticals analytical R&D, analytical method development & validation, clinical & pre-clinical studies and regulatory compliance. With a Doctorate of Philosophy in Biotechnology, His professional journey covers a true blend of Technical and Commercial industry insight with over 13 years as Analytical Research Scientist (with leading Pharma companiese.g. Zydus Cadila, Lambda, Teva and Jubilant Biosys) and recent10 years as techno-commercial expert leading Analytical instruments sales strategies and marketing initiatives.

During his industry experience, he had accomplished leading roles in domains covering conduct of Analytical research, Pharma quality compliance, Pre-Clinical and analytical studies. With over 21 research articles published in international Journals and 5 technical write-ups in leading magazines; He presents convention ofcontinues learning enabling him acquire advance certifications of Lean Six Sigma-Black Belt and MBA (Operations Management) in continuation to his professional journey.

Presently he is associated with AGILENT Technologies as Sales Development Manager- Pharmaceuticals Markets (India).

Presenter: Mr. Praveen Arya (Application Engineer, Agilent Technologies)

Praveen Arya, Application Engineer at Agilent technologies, has a commitment and appreciation for Gas-phase residue applications. In 2005, Praveen completed his M.Sc. in Food Technology. After post-graduation, he served as a Senior Analyst at SGS, Gurgaon- a commercial testing laboratory for 6 years and developed expertise in Residue analysis using high-end chromatographic instruments such as LCMS and GCMS. In 2011, He joined Agilent Technologies as an Application Engineer where he supported country-wide GCMS customers for resolving application issues and method development. He has more than 20 years of experience in residue analysis in food and environmental samples using various high end chromatographic and spectrometric techniques (GC, GCMS, GCMS/MS, TDS, Headspace, Purge & trap etc.). His area of specialization includes new analytical method development and validation as per national and international guidelines.