Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Latest Blog Posts - Pharmaceutical Microbiology

• Ben Goldacre on Pharmaceutical Marketing
  on Jan 24, 2013 in Books
  "Marketing, therefore, exists for no reason other than to pervert evidence-based decision making in medicine." This is a quote from Ben Goldacre’s new book, “Bad Pharma” criticizing the intense marketing used by pharmaceutical companies. Acc...
• Human gut microbiota
  on Jan 17, 2013 in Microbiota
  The composition of human gut microbiota and their relationship with the host and, consequently, with human health and disease, presents several challenges to microbiologists. In relation to this fascinating subject, Jean-Christophe Lagier and...
• Microbial bioburden issues
  on Jan 14, 2013 in Bioburden
  Tim Sandle has conducted a review of FDA warning letters, over the period 2011-2011, in relation to bioburden issues. The review has been published in Pharma Times. The review examined out-of-limits investigations, sampling issues, pre-sterilizati...
• Vaccine to prevent Hendra virus
  on Jan 10, 2013 in Vaccine Virology
  A scientific discovery made in the laboratory of Christopher C. Broder, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), has led to the development of a vaccine to aid in the preventio...
• Design considerations for container closures
  on Jan 10, 2013 in pharmaceutical manufacturing containment
  Parenteral products (products that are administered to the body by injection) are designed, formulated and packaged to be sterile and to maintain sterility. One of the most important parts of the packaging of the sterile drug product is the container...
• Epigenetics and E.coli
  on Jan 9, 2013 in infection bacteria
  Epigenetics may hold the answer to the virulent strain of E. coli that swept across Germany in May and June 2011, causing thousands of infections and dozens of deaths, according to a study published yesterday (November 8) in Nature Bio...
• Cleanroom standard ISO 14644
  on Jan 8, 2013 in Cleanrooms
  The international cleanroom standard ISO 14644 parts 1 and 2 is currently under review (a process which began in 2005). A second draft international standard is in development. The update falls under the ISO TC209 committee. The latest news is th...
• Hydrogen peroxide and hospital disinfection
  on Jan 6, 2013 in infection Sterilization Hospital
  Infection control experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital have found that a combination of robot-like devices that disperse a bleaching agent into the air and then detoxify the disinfecting chemical are highly effective at killing and preventing the...
• Utilisation de la radiation gamma
  on Jan 5, 2013 in Sterilization
  Tim Sandle has written an article for the magazine Salles Propes or ‘Clean Rooms’ (le magazine de la maitrise de la contamination). The article in in French and is titled ‘Utilisation de la radiation pour des dispositifs jetables a usage unique...
• Burkholderia pseudomallei
  on Jan 4, 2013 in infection Medical Microbiology Hospital
  Burkholderia pseudomallei (also known as Pseudomonas pseudomallei) is a Gram-negative, bipolar, aerobic, motile rod-shaped bacterium. It infects humans and animals and causes the disease melioidosis. It is also capable of infecting plants. Meli...

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