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Application note: Microbial limits testing
In this application note, Wickham Laboratories discuss risk assessments for objectionable organisms...
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Wickham Laboratories announces upcoming webinar on microbial limits testing
4 October 2016 | By Wickham Laboratories
Join us for a free webinar on risks, regulations and determining the best method for your product, 3rd November, 3PM GMT...
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A novel approach in assessing the antimicrobial efficacy of eye drop products
4 May 2016 | By Mostafa Eissa, Hikma Pharmaceuticals
The microbial contamination of medicinal products constitutes a continuous threat to the health of consumers, which may negatively impact pharmaceutical companies’ reputability. However, multidose sterile pharmaceutical products are prone to contamination either from the normal flora of the human body or from the surrounding environment, following their misuse by patients.…
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An interview with Dr. Arnaud Carlotti, PhD, HDR, President of Eurofins IDmyk
Caroline Richards, Editor of European Pharmaceutical Review, asks Dr. Arnaud Carlotti, PhD, HDR, President of Eurofins IDmyk, to provide his insights on the microbial testing industry...
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Practical Application of RMM in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
15 December 2014 | By BD Diagnostics
Discussion on how a rapid method can provide a solution to a common microbiological testing problem for pharmaceutical manufacturers – process water microbiology testing.
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Rapid Method Development and Quality Regulatory Submissions – Combining UPLC, Quality-by-Design (QbD) and Software-Guided Validation
8 April 2013 | By Waters Corporation
During this webinar learn from industry experts some practices to help better manage the investigation process and how to design processes to minimize unnecessary excursions...
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Best practices in managing microbial excursions and managing out of specification events
8 April 2013 | By Rapid Micro Biosystems
This pharma webinar demonstrates best practices to help better manage the investigation process and how to design processes to minimize unnecessary excursions.
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Hot topics in rapid methods: revisions to validation guidance and real-time environmental monitoring
18 December 2012 | By Michael J. Miller, President, Microbiology Consultants, LLC
This is the sixth and final paper in our continuing series on Rapid Microbiological Methods (RMM) that have appeared in European Pharmaceutical Review during 2012. As many of you already know, I am keen on staying on top of recent developments in the world of rapid methods, and have used…
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Under the microscope: Foster Jordan, Senior Vice President, Charles River
Foster Jordan, Corporate Senior Vice President, Endotoxin and Microbial Detection, Charles River discusses QC testing and why it is so important in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Lonza expands its XS Microbial Expression Technology™ Toolbox by adding new alternative host organisms
Lonza, a world leader in biopharmaceutical development technologies, announced today the addition of two new host organisms and their associated systems to its XS Technology™ Platform. The expanded XS Technology™ Toolbox addresses the diversity of microbially-derived proteins by providing complementary expression systems that quickly deliver simple, reliable, high yielding cGMP…
