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Data integrity for cleanroom monitoring
With a continual focus on data integrity and helping our customers meet regulations while generating actionable insights, Particle Measuring Systems provides a complete range of products and services.
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QA/QC & Analytical Techniques In-Depth Focus 2019
Analytical techniques for QA/QC purposes are integral to the safe production of therapeutics. This in-depth focus looks at Raman spectroscopy for amorphous phase analysis and discusses the viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state of bacteria in environmental monitoring.
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Concerns around Annex 1
This article expresses the opinions of a pharmaceutical microbiologist on the proposed revisions to the EU Good Manufacturing Practice Annex 1 in terms of current industry practice and future innovation in sterile product manufacturing.
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Nelson Labs: supporting internal quality processes
Nelson Labs has a long history of partnering with pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies. We perform a variety of testing to support your internal quality processes including: sterility (USP 71) testing in a cleanroom for isolator environment, particulates testing (USP 787, 788) using a variety of methods, bacterial endotoxin, filter validations,…
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Charles River microbial solutions
Those who work in QC know that the job is more than a box to be checked, and that it can’t be done effectively without confidence in the reported results. Tight timelines, regulatory demands, and stringent data integrity standards can make it hard to focus on what’s really at stake…
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Wickham Laboratories Ltd: backed by five decades of global experience
Wickham Laboratories Ltd, backed by five decades of global experience in GMP/GLP-regulated laboratory services, is an established name in the fields of pharmaceutical and medical device contract testing, research and consultancy.
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Guide To Testing
In this edition of our ‘Guide to’ series, learn how these leading companies’ services and expertise can help you test your pharma/ biopharma products and medical devices.
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Whitepaper: Analytical criteria in bacterial endotoxin testing using LAL and rFC
This article covers the analytical criteria that apply to Bacterial Endotoxin Testing (BET) using Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) or recombinant Horseshoe crab Factor C (rFC) for the bioactivity determination of endotoxin in aqueous solutions, such as pharmaceuticals and medical device extracts. It explains the importance of these criteria for accurate…
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Real-time PCR detection of S. aureus in pharmaceutical products
The contamination of pharmaceuticals by microorganisms represents a major threat to public health, not just in the USA and Europe, but all around the world. Pathogenic microorganisms cause morbidity and in some cases mortality when present in products.1,2 Spoilage due to microbial breakdown of formulations can affect potency and shelf…
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Whitepaper: Why should you care about Burkholderia cepacia?
The Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) species are a group of gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria that have been shown in recent years to be of concern for patients, and thus for manufacturers of drugs and products that contribute to patient health...
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Product Hub: Creating centralised control for a decentralised approach
Maintaining the long-term safety of a manufacturing environment while meeting the demands of compliance is a microbial quality control manager’s top priority...
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Scientific Poster: Development of cGMP-Ready purification process for advenovirus purification
Large-scale downstream processing of viruses for clinical applications poses challenges different from those for many other biotherapeutics...
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LC-TEM provides a window into the nanoscale
Researchers create a device that allows more electron beam to pass through liquid samples...
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FDA authorises new use of test to identify the emerging pathogen Candida auris
The FDA has authorised the first test to identify the emerging pathogen Candida auris, which can cause serious infections in hospitalised patients...
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Objectionable organisms in non-sterile medicinal products
Microbiological contamination of non-sterile medicinal products is an infrequent, but longstanding and recurring issue. But there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach towards objectionable organisms, says David Elder...
