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PMM, High-quality Culture Media for Pharmaceutical Applications

25 Mar 2025 | Pharmaceutical

a petri dish with agar in and a barcoded label on its side

PharmaMedia Dr. Müller GmbH (PMM) is a leading producer of ready-to-use nutrient media for the pharmaceutical industry. PMM manufactures and develops high-quality, innovative products and offers state-of-the-art service. Discover why you should consider PMM your partner of choice. more...

Introducing the PRIMA Professional H. pylori Antigen Test

25 Mar 2025 | Clinical

The PRIMA Professional H pylori antigen test available from Alpha Labs

With results in 10 minutes, the PRIMA Professional H. pylori antigen test (Sentinel Diagnostics) offers a simple, non-invasive, and accurate diagnostic tool. more...

AMP-6000 Butyric Spore Counting Method Described in IDF Bulletin 533/2025

25 Mar 2025 | Food & Beverage

The method for the enumeration of butyric spores based on the use of AmpMedia 666 is now described in the recently published Bulletin 533/2025 Considerations on methods for spore counting of butyric acid forming (“cheese spoiling”) clostridia. more...

Spain Approves IDEXX Colilert®-18 for Monitoring Reclaimed Water Quality

25 Mar 2025 | Water

The IDEXX Colilert®-18 method provides quick E. coli and coliform bacteria detection in water. It requires no agar preparation, uses pre-weighed reagent, and delivers confirmed results in 18 hours. When combined with Quanti-Tray®, it provides accurate bacterial counts using the MPN model. more...

Enhance Microbiological Quality Control with BIOBALL® Custom Services

24 Mar 2025 | Pharmaceutical

BIOBALL® Custom Services simplifies microbiological quality control by preserving and manufacturing in-house isolates in ready-to-use formats. It offers accurate, cost-effective, and efficient solutions, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and enhancing product quality. more...

Easily Internalize Your Microbial ID Workflow With VITEK® COMPACT PRO

24 Mar 2025 | Pharmaceutical

Benefit from the new VITEK® COMPACT PRO system, a quick, easy, and low-cost solution that requires minimal effort to implement, allowing your lab to quickly benefit from in-house identification compared to expensive outsourcing services. more...

Confience Announces Jamey Miller as New Chief Product and Technology Officer

20 Mar 2025 | Food & BeverageWaterLaboratory EquipmentCosmetic/Personal Care

Confience, a leading innovator in the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) space, is excited to announce the appointment of Jamey Miller as its new Chief Product and Technology Officer. more...

Chromogenic Media for Food Labs: Coloring the Path to Food Safety Testing

19 Mar 2025 | Food & Beverage

Agar plates with colorful microbial colonies on chromogenic media

This ThermoFisher Scientific eBook, "Coloring the path to food safety excellence - a guide to chromogenic media for food microbiology testing" will help you select, evaluate and implement chromogenic media. Download it for free. more...

bioMérieux Launches GENE-UP^® TYPER

18 Mar 2025 | Food & Beverage

bioMérieux launches GENE-UP^® TYPER, an innovative diagnostic solution for food industries to rapidly analyze the root cause of contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. Move from test results to actionable insights and make impactful decisions within 2 hours from an isolated colony. more...

Reagents for Immunodiagnostic Testing of Infectious Diseases

18 Mar 2025 | ClinicalAssay Development

Sino Biological essential reagents for immunodiagnostics

Sino Biological’s groundbreaking ProVirR collection comprises over 1,000 products derived from more than 100 virus types/subtypes and 550+ strains, establishing itself as the world's most extensive repository of recombinant viral antigen reagents for immunodiagnostic test kit development. more...

MicronView’s Portable BAMS: Enhanced Routine Environmental Monitoring

18 Mar 2025 | Pharmaceutical

Routine viable particle monitoring is essential for contamination control. While Grade A requires continuous viable monitoring, Grade B, C, and D rely on routine sampling. MicronView’s Portable BAMS provides a real-time, flexible alternative that enhances efficiency, compliance, and data integrity. more...

New SENSIStrip Peanut PowerLine Eliminates False Negatives in Peanut Residue Testing

18 Mar 2025 | Food & Beverage

Sensitive and rapid peanut residues testing: exclude false negatives with PowerLine! Whether you're running an allergen testing lab or managing a food production facility, the SENSIStrip Peanut PowerLine is your new ally in the fight against undeclared allergens. more...

Nelson Labs Launches Rapid Method Sterility Testing Service for Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals

18 Mar 2025 | Pharmaceutical

Nelson Labs has introduced a rapid methods sterility testing service, using ATP based Celsis Advance II™ technology, which can give sterility results in as little as 6 days, depending on product-specific validation. more...

DKSH Partners with Hygiena® to Provide Food Safety Solutions in the Philippines

18 Mar 2025 | Food & Beverage

DKSH has formed a partnership with Hygiena®, to strengthen its presence in the Philippines. Through this collaboration, DKSH will leverage its market expansion services to enhance access to Hygiena’s innovative solutions, supporting food safety and healthcare standards across the country. more...

bioMérieux Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for its VITEK® COMPACT PRO

18 Mar 2025 | Clinical

bioMérieux announces FDA 510(k) clearance for VITEK® COMPACT PRO, an innovative system for microorganism ID and AST. This system will help clinical labs diagnose infectious diseases and combat antimicrobial resistance, while supporting industrial laboratories in identifying contaminants. more...

Probiotics in Action: Revolutionising Digestive Disease Treatment

13 Mar 2025 | Microbiome

Digestive diseases continue to be a global burden for many despite the increase in preventative knowledge and treatment options. This article explores innovative research into probiotics as a promising strategy for treating such diseases with the use of the Whitley A85 Workstation. more...

AmpMedia 666 Powerful Solution for the Enumeration of Butyric Acid Producing Clostridia (BAPC)

13 Mar 2025 | Food & Beverage

AmpMedia 666 is a game changing selective and sensitive chromogenic media for the rapid enumeration of BAPC in milk and cheese. The method based on the use of AmpMedia 666 has been included in the recently published Bulletin 533/2025 from IDF (International Dairy Federation). more...

Updates on Influenza Vaccine Strain Recommended by WHO (2025-2026 Northern Hemisphere)

13 Mar 2025 | Clinical

To maintain vaccine efficacy, WHO regularly updates influenza vaccine strains based on global epidemiological, virological, and serological analyses. Sino Biological has announced the release of its latest portfolio of influenza research reagents. more...

Microbiological Reference Materials for Quality Control of Food Testing.

12 Mar 2025 | Food & Beverage

Quantitatively certified to reliably culture a known CFU of multiple organisms all in one pellet. Our ISO 17034 CRMs are designed for use with Petrifilm™ and other re-hydratable film methods. more...

Bio-Rad XP-Design Assay Salmonella Serotyping Solution for Rapid Accurate Food Safety Testing.

12 Mar 2025 | Food & Beverage

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cites Salmonella as the most frequently reported cause of foodborne illness. Bio-Rad's XP-Design Assay Salmonella Serotyping Solution improves food safety by rapidly detecting and precisely characterizing Salmonella spp. in food and environmental samples. more...

New BIOMIC V3 Optical System Delivers Higher Image Resolution

11 Mar 2025 | Clinical

BIOMIC V3 is an open diagnostic platform that automates the reading of clinical microbiological tests from different manufacturers following CLSI and EUCAST guidelines. more...

Reagents for 2025-2026 Influenza Vaccine Strains

11 Mar 2025 | Clinical

Sino Biological Influenza Vaccine Strains

Sino Biological has developed recombinant antigens for the 2025-2026 influenza vaccine strains. With the world's largest viral antigen collection, ProVir®, the company offers HA, NA, and NP proteins from all WHO-recommended vaccine strains of recent years. more...

Welcome to PharmaLab™, the Pharmaceutical Quality Control Platform

10 Mar 2025 | Pharmaceutical

Pharmalab all in one incubation and reading

Copan Newlab introduces PharmaLab™, the automated platform for pharmaceutical Quality Control that leverages AI and advanced hardware to enhance data integrity, efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. more...

Cherwell Supports Microbiological Environmental Monitoring Best Practices Conference

06 Mar 2025 | Pharmaceutical

Cleanroom microbiology experts Cherwell will be on hand at Pharmig’s specialist conference to discuss the assessment of sterility in pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. more...

Navigating the New USP <72> and <73>: Growth Promotion Testing with EZ-Accu Shot™

05 Mar 2025 | Pharmaceutical

Microbiologics test ready controls for growth promotion testing

While new USP chapters <72> and <73> introduce rapid microbiological methods (RMMs) to detect contamination in short-life pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products, growth promotion testing (GPT) remains essential for regulatory compliance. EZ-Accu Shot™ provides a simple, standardized solution. more...

Microbiologists, Can You Outcount Diamidex's AI? Prove It and Win MICA Highlight TVC Equipment

05 Mar 2025 | Water

Join Diamidex’s global contest running from 25 Feb to 14 Mar for a chance to win the new MICA Highlight TVC (worth €46,000). Simply register, examine our HD image, and submit your best colony count guess to outsmart our AI - no strings attached! more...

Hygiena^® Launches Australian E-Commerce Platform for Food Safety Products

05 Mar 2025 | Food & Beverage

Introducing Hygiena's brand-new Australian e-commerce platform – from state-of-the-art testing kits to cutting-edge monitoring systems, with just a few clicks, browse an extensive range of premium products, get expert advice at your convenience and enjoy fast delivery across Australia. more...

BioMérieux Acquires Neoprospecta

04 Mar 2025 | Food & BeveragePharmaceuticalMicrobiome

Neoprospecta user-friendly data and genomics solutions

bioMérieux acquires Neoprospecta, which develops and markets innovative user-friendly data and genomics solutions for augmenting quality assurance programs and improving microbiological risk prevention in food and pharma industries. more...

Better Specimen, Better Data, Better Results: The Role of SIGMA in Diagnostics

03 Mar 2025 | ClinicalPharmaceuticalVeterinary

Better Specimen Better Data Better Results Join us at ESCMID

The SIGMA Range ensures sample integrity, enabling informed decisions that drive patient care and antibiotic stewardship. SIGMA supports reliable data handling, trend analysis, and infection control efforts. Learn how MWE helps bridge the gap between sample collection and actionable insights. more...

Building a Digitalized End-to-end Process for Environmental Monitoring - a Lonza publication

03 Mar 2025 | Laboratory EquipmentPharmaceutical

Lonza successfully integrated the MODA-EM® Module with Rapid Micro Biosystems' Growth Direct® System, combining paperless processes with automated microbial enumeration for pharmaceutical QC. Download the Whitepaper to discover how Lonza achieved - more accurate testing, faster TTR, and better compliance. more...

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Pyrostar Neo plus recombinant endotoxin detection reagent from FUJIFILM

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