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 World Health Organization (WHO) has published its new 2025 Guidelines on the replacement or removal of animal tests for the quality control of biological products.

In this webinar, attendees will be provided an overview of the technologies that currently exist for bacterial endotoxins testing (BET), and the drawbacks associated with each. Microfluidic technology ...

In this episode of the Ask the Expert video series, Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, and Siegfried Schmitt, vice president, Technical at Parexel, discuss ...

New standards may help push more drugmakers to use a synthetic product for critical drug safety testing, instead of one made from horseshoe crab blood that has long drawn criticism. The U.S.

STEMart now offers Rapid Endotoxin Testing services for the rapid quantitative analysis of endotoxins to help manufacturers make fast, reliable decisions about the safety of medical devices. The ...

As thoroughly covered in your recent article (C&EN, Oct. 28, 2024, page 26), the issue of replacing the traditional natural product test for endotoxin, limulus amoebocyte lysate (LAL), with a ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered why endotoxin testing is crucial? Endotoxins are toxic substances found in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, and they can cause severe reactions in humans, including ...