Alkemist Labs, the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) and Phenomenex Inc. will present a Southern California Dietary Supplements Chromatography Forum on Thursday July 28. This free event will be hosted at the Phenomenex office in Torrance, CA, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Experts will discuss current challenges and opportunities for modernizing compendial methods, chromatography solutions and allowable adjustments to USP methods. Attendees will also have the opportunity to network with other industry leaders at the forefront of accurate and robust dietary supplement testing.

The forum agenda includes:

• Advancements in Chromatography for Dietary Supplements (presenter: Zeshan Aqeel, Applications Scientist, Phenomenex),
• Allowable Adjustments to USP Methods (presenter: Phil Koerner PhD, Technical Manager, Phenomenex),
• A Modern Chromatographic Approach to Deter Ginkgo Adulteration (presenter: Holly Johnson PhD, Laboratory Director, Alkemist Labs),
• C2C – Cuvette to Column – Updating Spectrophotometry to Chromatography in Compendial Monographs (presenter: Anton Bzhelyansky, Scientific Liaison, USP),
• Discussion on Compendial Method Modernization
• Tour of the Phenomenex manufacturing facility