List view / Grid view
Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) users, compendial experts and regulators are…
Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) users, compendial experts and regulators are still orienting themselves to the recombinant factor C (rFC) assay. Changes to compendial standards do not occur overnight and, for now, users willing to change must perform the alternative validation procedure USP .
The European Pharmacopoeia chapter on methods for microbiological quality control…
The European Pharmacopoeia chapter on methods for microbiological quality control was recently revised to include a number of significant changes. In this In-Depth Focus Michael Miller provides the first part of this two-part review and Kevin Williams discusses a paradigm change in biologics microbiological contaminant control.
Contaminant detection methods derived from the innate, proinflammatory responses of…
Contaminant detection methods derived from the innate, proinflammatory responses of rabbits and Limulus blood have been used to determine the existence of microbial artefacts in small-molecule drugs (SMDs) and large-volume parenterals (LVPs) for decades...
In this Microbiology In-Depth Focus: Endotoxin masking hold-time study performance…
In this Microbiology In-Depth Focus: Endotoxin masking hold-time study performance parameters; Microbiological monitoring pharmaceutical water systems; The rush to rapid microbiological methods - or not; and an expert view with Charles River Laboratories...
