Simultaneous determination of newly developed antiviral agents in pharmaceutical formulations by HPLC-DAD

Nourah Zoman Al-Zoman,Amal Al-Subaie,Hadir Mohamed Maher

doi:10.1186/s13065-016-0232-6

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BackgroundOmbitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir/dasabuvir (Viekira Pak®) are the newest medicines approved for use in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are available in tablet form as an oral combination. Specifically, these agents are indicated in the treatment of HCV in patients with genotype 1 infection. Due to the therapeutic importance and increased use of Viekira Pak, proper methods for its determination in bulk and pharmaceutical formulations must be developed.ResultsThe present study describes the development and validation of a simple, rapid, selective and economical reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) method for the simultaneous determination of paritaprevir (PAR), ombitasvir (OMB), dasabuvir(DAS) and ritonavir (RIT) in bulk and pharmaceutical preparations. The proposed method was carried out using an RPC18 column (150 × 4.5 mm, 3.5 μ), with a mobile phase consisting of 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7)and acetonitrile (35:65, v/v) at a flow rate of 1 ml/min and a detection wavelength of 254 nm. Sorafenib (SOR) was selected as the internal standard to ensure that the quantitative performance was high. The method was validated based on its specificity, linearity, limit of detection, limit of quantitation, accuracy, precision, robustness and stability. The calibration curves for PAR, DAS, RIT and OMB were linear at 2.5–60, 1.25–30, 1.7–40 and 0.42–10 μg/ml, respectively, and all of the correlation coefficients were >0.999.ConclusionsThe proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir/dasabuvirin tablets, without interference from the excipient peaks. Hence, the method can be applied for the routine quality control analysis of the studied drugs, either in bulk or dosed forms.Graphical abstractSimultaneous estimation of newly developed antiviral agents in pharmaceutical formulations by HPLC-DAD method

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Ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir/dasabuvir (Viekira Pak®) are the newest medicines approved for use in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are available in tablet form as an oral combination
Approximately 180 million individuals worldwide are infected with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV), and 500,000 patients die each year from liver disease associated with hepatitis C, making it the most common blood borne pathogen [1–3]
On December 19, 2014, Viekira Pak® (a combination of ombitasvir (OMB), paritaprevir (PAR) and ritonavir (RIT) tablets co-packaged with dasabuvir (DAS) tablets; Fig. 1) received FDA approval for the treatment of chronic HCV genotype 1 infection

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Ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir/dasabuvir (Viekira Pak®) are the newest medicines approved for use in the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are available in tablet form as an oral combination. These agents are indicated in the treatment of HCV in patients with genotype 1 infection. On December 19, 2014, Viekira Pak® (a combination of ombitasvir (OMB), paritaprevir (PAR) and ritonavir (RIT) tablets co-packaged with dasabuvir (DAS) tablets; Fig. 1) received FDA approval for the treatment of chronic HCV genotype 1 infection. Technivie® has been approved by the FDA as the first DAA for the treatment of chronic HCV genotype 4 infections without requiring interferon co-administration. Technivie® includes the same drugs as Viekira Pak® with the exception ofdasabuvir [14]

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