METHOD DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF UV SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC AND STABILITY INDICATING RP-HPLC METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION OF MOXIFLOXACIN HYDROCHLORIDE AND KETOROLAC TROMETHAMINE IN BULK AND OPTHALMIC DOSAGE FORMS

The main objective of the present work was to develop a simple, precise, accurate and reproducible UV-Spectrophotometric and stability indicating RP-HPLC methods for simultaneous estimation of moxifloxacin HCl (MOX) and ketorolac tromethamine (KET) in bulk and ophthalmic dosage forms. UV Spectrophotometry was carried out by simultaneous equation method using distilled water : acetonitrile (50:50 V/V) as solvent. The wavelengths were found to be 295 nm for MOX and 322 nm for KET. The isobestic point was found to be 308 nm. The linearity range is 2-10 μg/mL for both MOX and KET with correlation co-efficient >0.99. The separation of these two drugs using RP-HPLC was achieved on a SHISHEDO C18, 250×4.6 mm, 5 micron size column with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and acetate buffer (45:55 V/V) at pH 4.0 at a flow rate of 1 mL/min and UV detection at 308 nm. The retention times were observed to be 2.418 and 3.827 minutes for MOX and KET, respectively. Linearity was found to be 10-50 μg/mL for both MOX and KET, respectively. The two developed methods were successfully validated for accuracy, precision, linearity, limit of detection, limit of quantification and robustness. The two developed methods were validated according to ICH guidelines and were found to be with in the limits. The stress testing of the drugs individually was carried out under acidic, alkaline, oxidation, photo-stability and thermal degradation conditions and its degradation products were studied. These two methods could be used for simultaneous estimation of MOX and KET in bulk and ophthalmic dosage forms.