Rapid quantitative determination of related substances and degradants in milnacipran.

A simple, sensitive, precise and accurate stability-indicating ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) method was developed for the quantitative determination of the purity of the active pharmaceutical ingredient of milnacipran hydrochloride (MCP) and its pharmaceutical dosage form in the presence of its process-related impurities and degradation products. The proposed UPLC method utilizes Acquity UPLC BEH 100 mm, 2.1 mm and 1.