This article discusses current methods of endotoxin testing, its importance to the industry, sustainability issues relating to the process, and best practices. The potentially devastating effects of ...

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 ...

Endotoxin refers to a component of the outer cell membrane of Gram-negative bacteria called lipopolysaccharide (LPS). LPS is the biologically active portion of naturally occurring endotoxin complexes.

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.

Understanding the relative strengths and weaknesses of different endotoxin test methods is crucial to maintaining quality and patient safety. Endotoxins are small, hydrophobic molecules that are part ...

AGAWAM, Mass., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new white paper is available to assist medical device manufacturers with understanding recent changes to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ...

Lonza has announced an expansion to its PyroTec® PRO Automated Robotic Solution for endotoxin testing. The new PyroWave® Reader add-on has been designed specifically for use with the sustainable ...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN assistant editor Laurel Oldach about the use of horseshoe crab blood in pharmaceutical endotoxin testing, the challenges of ...

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 ...