Validation of UV Spectrophotometric and Nonaqueous Titration Methods for the Determination of Carvedilol in Pharmaceutical Formulations

Ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometric and nonaqueous volumetric methods are described for the determination of carvedilol in pharmaceutical formulations. Linearity, precision, and accuracy were evaluated according to the validation guidelines of the International Conference on Harmonizationand the United States Pharmacopeia for both methods. The UV spectrophotometric procedure was performed in ethanol at 244 nm. Good linearity was obtained between 2 and 7 μg/mL with a correlation coefficient of 0.9999. The intra- and interday precision values were 0.999), precision (relative standard deviations of