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 ...

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.

Every year in May when high tide coincides with the full moon, horseshoe crabs convene on the beaches of the mid-Atlantic coast to lay millions of eggs. At the same time, migratory shorebirds on their ...

The US Pharmacopeia has approved new testing guidelines for sterile pharmaceutical products. Injected and implanted products must be free from bacterial endotoxins, which can cause inflammation.

DOVER, DE, UNITED STATES, January 21, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The global pharmaceutical supply chain is currently confronting a dual imperative: ensuring ...

The novel Sievers Eclipse BET platform reduces endotoxin assay setup time by as much as 85% and decreases the use of Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) reagent by up to 90%. At the same time, it fulfills ...

Next generation robotic endotoxin testing system boosts manufacturing productivity in the lab Automation through robotics represents an evolution of bacterial endotoxin testing and streamlines quality ...

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.

RICHMOND, VA, and PITTSBURGH, April 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FUJIFILM Wako Chemicals U.S.A. Corporation (Fujifilm), a supplier of high purity chemicals and reagents, and Predictive Oncology Inc., ...

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 ...