Simple, Accurate and Efficient High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method for Determination of Vandetanib in Bulk and in Pharmaceutical Forms

A simple, selective, linear, precise and accurate isocratic RP-HPLC method was developed and validated for rapid assay of Vandetanib, an anticancer drug, in both bulk and tablet dosage form. Elution at a flow rate of 1ml/min was employed on a symmetry C18 column at ambient temperature. The mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile, water and orthophosphoric acid in the ratio of 90:08:02 (v/v/v). Linearity was observed in concentration range of 50-200 ppm. The retention time for Vandetanib was 3.326 min. The method was validated as per the ICH guidelines. The proposed method can be successfully applied for the estimation of Vandetanib in pharmaceutical dosage forms. Moreover the detection alone was also verified through LC-MS of the Vandetanib drug using ESI method which provides future scope for study of this drug using LC-MS method also.