IPQ
IPQ (Instituto Português da Qualidade) is the national metrology institute of Portugal and partner of the Joint Research Project “Metrology for Drug Delivery”.
Mrs Elsa Batista, Head of Volume Laboratory at IPQ, explains why IPQ participates in the project: “There is a national and international need for traceability in the microflow range. For us, achieving the low measurement range of 1nl/min is a real challenge, but in a broader context this project will have an impact on all of us as it will make drug delivery more reliable and robust through the traceability assurance and performance analysis of drug delivery systems.The results of this project will be very useful to the medical community in order to be more familiar with the problems and solutions of performance of drug delivery devices.”
IPQ will participate in the method comparisons and improvement of the gravimetric measurement setup down to 100nl/min. This will result in a gravimetric primary standard with an weighing scale evaporation trap. IPQ will also participate in the performance tests of several drug delivery devices and it will participate in the dissemination of results.
