Microbiology

Pharmaceutical microbiology plays a critical role in ensuring the safety, efficacy, and quality of pharmaceutical products. Modern instruments deliver sensitive, reliable solutions to support microbiologists across the full spectrum of workflows. These innovations help pharmaceutical manufacturers ensure compliance while maintaining efficiency and patient safety. In this hub, explore articles, webinars, and other informative resources related to pharmaceutical microbiology.

CIP Failures Due to Biofilm Formation: Strategies for Prevention and Remediation
The aim of a Clean-in-Place (CIP) system is to remove all undesirable materials from product contact surfaces to a level such that residues remaining are of minimal risk to the safety or quality of the product. While the general focus is on the removal of product residues or chemical residues, there is often a microbial control element involved. ... read more
Pharmaceutical P.I.N. Points: Patent Innovation News
The purpose of this column is to highlight and summarize recent key patents in the pharmaceutical arena issued by the US Patent Office in December, 2024. read more

White Paper: Optimizing the Bio-Rad NGC Chromatography System for Cryo-EM Applications for High-Resolution and Low-Volume SEC
Structural biology is the three-dimensional study of complex biological molecules, like proteins, to determine their structures at atomic resolution. read more
Recognizing the Potential Impact of Agitation Directionality On Oxygen Mass Transfer Through a kLa Evaluation Within the BIOne Single-Use Bioreactor
Defining a suitable agitation strategy is essential for the successful development of upstream mammalian bioprocesses. read more
eBook: Lipid Technologies: Helping to Develop the Next Generation of Pharmaceuticals
The FDA recently issued guidance intended to curtail the use of medically important antibiotics in agricultural applications. read more
eBook: TOC and Microbial Detection Monitoring
Proper and thorough monitoring of pharmaceutical water systems is imperative to deliver the highest quality products to patients. read more
ebook: Aseptic Processing Trends and Technologies
eBook offers a variety of strategies to optimize you aseptic fill finish small batch manufacturing to take advantage of the growing market for small-batch biopharmaceuticals. read more

Clean Facility of the Future: Advanced Microbiology Technologies for Cleaner Facilities and Purer Products
As the industry becomes more focused on bringing biopharmaceuticals to market the pressure to increase production, decrease costs and ensure the highest quality and safety for finished products becomes greater and greater. And ... read more

Validating Automated Alternative Rapid Sterility Methods
This webinar will provide an overview of the on-site validation approach used by Rapid Micro Biosystems™ to demonstrate that the Growth Direct® Rapid Sterility System, is equivalent or non-inferior, to the compendial sterility test described in the ... read more
Engineering for equivalency: Building reliable, optimized facilities
As biomanufacturing grows more complex, the need for facilities that deliver both speed and reliability has never been greater. In this webinar, you will learn how Samsung Biologics' optimized manufacturing framework and a centralized design ... read more