Accuracy of Environmental Monitoring (EM) is key in maintaining control and preventing contamination issues in pharma companies, and culture media plays a pivotal role in Environmental Monitoring programs.  

Culture media must provide accurate, reliable, and consistent results. Their ability to promote microorganisms’ growth must be demonstrated and validated throughout the shelf-life of the culture media, using different batches, and intra- and inter-batch reproducibility tests inoculating strains described in the Pharmacopoeias and pharmaceutical plant environmental isolates are recommended to be carried out.  

Two cell therapy and four bioproduction manufacturers evaluted the BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® 2.0 — interested in the results in an easy-to-digest format? Download a one page Scientific Study Summary that details the study's objectives, outline, and conclusion!

Four bioproduction manufacturers evaluted the BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® 2.0 system — interested in the results in an easy-to-digest format? Download a one page Scientific Study Summary that details the study's objectives, outline, and conclusion!

Over the years, presence of objectionable microorganisms has been identified as the leading cause of non-sterile drug product recalls in the U.S. Burkholderia cepacia is one of the most prominent objectionable microorganism associated with 102 non-sterile drug recalls from 2012 to 2019(1,2). It is an opportunistic pathogen and has a distinctive ability to overcome antimicrobial preservative systems.

Traditional, manual methods of environmental monitoring can be subject to numeration errors as well as data traceability and integrity issues, which result in overall inefficiency. Want to uncover how automated methods outperform these traditional approaches? Download our infographic now and gain exclusive insights.

Humans have been using biologics to treat disease for thousands of years. Unlike chemically derived medicines, biologics are typically very large, complex molecules or mixtures of molecules that are difficult to characterize.

As of 2023, CAR-T cell therapy is approved for use in individuals with some types of non-Hodgkin lymphomas, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and multiple myeloma. While CAR-T cell therapy has shown remarkable clinical success in treating specific blood cancers, current manufacturing processes have significant room for improvement.

Embark on a 6-part journey designed to challenge the traditional norms in endotoxin detection.

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation (MALDI) uses a laser to absorb energy from a matrix to create ions with minimal fragmentation from large molecules. It can analyse biopolymers such as DNA, proteins, peptides, carbohydrates, and other organic macromolecules. In MALDI time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry (MS), a TOF analyser measures the mass-to-charge (m/z) ratio of the charged molecules.

Bioprocessing is a type of manufacturing that uses living cells to produce a product. In pharmaceutical bioprocessing, a living cell is manipulated to manufacture the drug of interest in bioreactors and is then purified and formulated to create the end product.

The intellectual properties and proprietary methodologies used in making BIOBALL® redefine what was considered as quantitative microbiology and make it simple to get precise and accurate quantitative microbiological quality controls batch after batch.

Mycoplasma is a genus of gram negative bacilli belonging to the Mollicutes class. Mollicutes include Mycoplasma and Acholeplasma. Mollicutes lack a cell wall and are of very small size (200-300 nm) and have a small genome. Since Mollicutes cannot produce many of the enzymes needed to survive they are parasitic on eukaryotic cells.

Acholeplasma is a genus of gram negative bacilli belonging to the Mollicutes class. Mollicutes include Mycoplasma and Acholeplasma. Mollicutes lack a cell wall and are of very small size (200-300 nm) and have a small genome. Since Mollicutes cannot produce many of the enzymes needed to survive they are parasitic on eukaryotic cells.

Staphylococcus aureus, is a species of Gram-positive spherical bacteria that commonly causes surgical and skin infections, bacteremia (bacteria in the blood) and food poisoning. It’s a ubiquitous microorganism, and can be found on the skin of warm blooded animals.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram negative, rod-shaped bacterium found widely in the environment, such as in soil, water, and plants. They usually do not cause infections in healthy people, but if they do, it is generally mild. It can cause disease in plants and animals, including humans.

Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes) is a Gram positive bacteria that prefers anaerobic (without air) growth conditions1. Cutibacterium acnes can be found on the skin of virtually every human, and it is one of the bacteria that can cause acne.

Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast1 and a common member of human gut flora. It is usually a commensal organism, but it can become pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals under certain conditions.

Aspergillus brasiliensis is a fungus and is one of the most common species of the genus Aspergillus. It is ubiquitous in soil, a common food contaminant, and is also regularly reported from indoor environments such as industrial plants.

Bacillus subtilis is a gram-positive bacteria found in soil and the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants and humans. It is rod-shaped and can form a tough, protective endospore, allowing it to tolerate extreme environmental conditions1.