Instructors at the College of Pharmacy at the University of Basrah, Dr. Falah Hassan Shari, Dr. Rafid Abdul-Raouf Dolab and Dr. Ghassan Salah Ahmad, obtained a patent registered in America.
The patent included evaluation of the impurities of elements in medicines according to the pharmacopoeia using electron microscopy technology and energy-dispersive spectrophotometry.
It is worth mentioning that the primary impurities are indispensable in the pharmaceutical industry to ensure the safety of medicines.