Endotoxin testing is a vital component of pharmaceutical, biologic, and medical device quality control, with a direct impact on medication safety. As detection technologies have advanced, the ...

Bacteria can be found everywhere—even sometimes in clean rooms. That’s a problem for manufacturers of drugs and medical devices that are injected or implanted. Even if manufacturers can remove the ...

Surf on a beach at sunset features a horseshoe crab upside down in the water and several others nearby. Regulatory changes may make the pharmaceutical industry less reliant on horseshoe crabs for ...

Lonza Walkersville and Hyglos signed an agreement that allows Hyglos to use recombinant factor C technology protected by Lonza’s patents to produce Hyglos’ own endotoxin products. The agreement also ...

Endotoxin testing is critical in industries such as biopharmaceuticals and medical devices to ensure product safety and reliability. Endotoxins, which are lipopolysaccharides (LPS) found in ...

The presence of harmful bacteria in parenteral drugs or implantable devices can cause inflammatory responses such as fever and, in some cases, may even be fatal. As a result, robust bacterial ...