Laboratory of Drug Quality Control (LDQC)
Brief History: The laboratory of drug quality control of Jimma University was established as part of IUC-JU collaborative research project between Jimma University and consortium of Flemish Universities from Belgium. The establishment began in 2009/10 and became operational since 2010.

Description: The laboratory activities are mainly focused on basic research, training and service at university level. The research component of the laboratory is mainly on basic and applied research which ranges from development and validation of high-tech analytical methods to real application for research, training and service. The laboratory is also open for training upon request by any academic department and/or other institutions of the university on analytical techniques, and Good Laboratory Practice/Good Manufacturing Practice (GLP/GMP) to assist in the total quality management of laboratories in the country. It is involved in the provision of service to the patients as a part of national therapeutic drug monitoring network. The lab is the only reference research laboratory in the country.

Available technologies: High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, water purification system (18.2 MΏ-cm high purity water quality levels), stability study, Dissolution study, Disintegration study, Friability study, different extraction systems.

Technologies soon to be available at the laboratory: HPLC/Mass Spectroscopy system (HPLC/MS), Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, Automatic eccentric tablet machine.
Currently ongoing projects

• Evaluation of pharmaceutical regulatory approval process in Ethiopia
• Evaluation of pharmaceutical quality and information content of different essential drugs 
• Development and validation of QC methods for pre-formulation and formulated drug products.
• Development and validation for stability indicating assay techniques with especial emphasis on essential drugs.
• Establishment of rational specifications for unidentified, not yet toxicity/efficacy characterized impurities., as well as develop QC methods
• Discovery of new therapeutic agents against infectious diseases with especial emphasis on TB/HIV, Malaria and STH.
• Natural product researches: bioassay, isolation and characterizations.

Contact address 
Sultan Suleman: B.Pharm., M.Sc., PhD candidate, Asst. Professor
 E-mail- ldqc@ju.edu.et, sultan.suleman@ju.edu.et,
Tel.: +251-911-74-23-54,
P. O. Box: 1925, Jimma, Ethiopia.