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ArticleBMC chemistry2025

A quality-by-design optimized LC method for navigating degradation kinetics and quantification of favipiravir in the presence of degradation products and manufacturing impurities.

Adel Ehab Ibrahim, Mohamed Farouk, Samy G Alamir, Baher I Salman, Tarek S Belal, Sami El Deeb, Ahmed Al-Harrasi

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Adel Ehab IbrahimNatural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al Mauz, 616, Nizwa City, Oman. adel@unizwa.edu.om.
Mohamed FaroukNawah Scientific Inc, Mokatam, Cairo, Egypt.
Samy G AlamirNatural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al Mauz, 616, Nizwa City, Oman.
Baher I SalmanPharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Assiut, 71524, Egypt.
Tarek S BelalPharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alexandria, Elmessalah, Alexandria, 21521, Egypt.
Sami El DeebInstitute of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany. s.eldeeb@tu-bs.de.
Ahmed Al-HarrasiNatural and Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al Mauz, 616, Nizwa City, Oman. aharrasi@unizwa.edu.om.

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Abstract

Emergent viruses require effective treatment regimens, and the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 variants are still evolving. Favipiravir has emerged as an effective antiviral medication, especially after its popularity against COVID-2019. Despite its growing popularity, favipiravir has not yet been included in any pharmacopeia, and new dosage forms are being developed to improve its bioavailability for various infections. Therefore, studying its stability and developing methods capable of detecting its impurities and degradation products are essential. An isocratic high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection method was also designed using the Quality-by-Design approach and validated to determine favipiravir in presence of its hydrolytic degradation products, besides two major manufacturing impurities (namely, 3,6-dichloro pyrazine-2-carbonitrile and 6-fluoro-3-hydroxypyrazine-2-carbonitrile). The separation was achieved using a mobile phase of 25.0 mM phosphate buffer (pH 3.04): acetonitrile (92: 8, v/v) at a 1.0 mL min

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Degradation kineticsFavipiravirGreen chromatographyImpurity profilingQuality-by-design (QbD)Stability-indicating HPLC

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PMID40817239
PMCPMC12357339

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