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Pharmig

@PharmaMicro

Pharmig (Excellence in Microbiology) is the influential forum for microbiology in the pharmaceutical, healthcare and allied industries

 Stanstead Abbotts, UK
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Joined November 2011
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Sterility, Sterilisation and Sterility Assurance for Pharmaceuticals, this book comprehensively covers sterility, sterilisation and microorganisms, see: elsevier.com/books/sterility…
Sterility, Sterilisation and Sterility Assurance for Pharmaceuticals

Sterility, Sterilisation and Sterility Assurance for Pharmaceuticals

Failure to adequately control any microbial challenge associated within process or product by robust sterilisation will result in a contaminated marketed product, with potential harm to the patient....

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Sliding doors and changing trains: Further updates on new bacterial species and taxonomic changes linkedin.com/pulse/sliding-d… via @LinkedIn
#26: Sliding doors and changing trains: Further updates on new bacterial species and taxonomic...

#26: Sliding doors and changing trains: Further updates on new bacterial species and taxonomic...

New bacterial species are discovered each year and others are reclassified as next-generation sequencing (NGS) has encouraged the description of novel species based mainly on genomic sequences. Much...

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Starvation stress key in Micrococcus luteus cleanroom survival europeanpharmaceuticalreview… #microbiology
Starvation stress key in Micrococcus luteus cleanroom survival

Starvation stress key in Micrococcus luteus cleanroom survival

Key factors behind the lengthy survival capabilities of the bacterium Micrococcus luteus (M. luteus) within a cleanroom have been reported in Tim Sandle's recent paper.

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Wanted – dead, or alive, or somewhere in between: What does VNBC mean for our methods and controls? linkedin.com/pulse/wanted-de… via @LinkedIn #microbiology
#25: Wanted – dead, or alive, or somewhere in between: What does VNBC mean for our methods and...

#25: Wanted – dead, or alive, or somewhere in between: What does VNBC mean for our methods and...

Rapid microbiological methods have the potential to provide a more accurate assessment of a bacterial population (and within a faster time). This includes, in some cases, determining the presence of...

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Visit Pharmaceutical Microbiology Resources, the website I've been running for almost 15 years, providing news and free resources for microbiologists and quality professionals: pharmamicroresources.com/
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Fungal 'meat' diet leads to weight loss: Study - Digital Journal digitaljournal.com/tech-scie… #microbiology
Fungal 'meat' diet leads to weight loss: Study

Fungal 'meat' diet leads to weight loss: Study

The study also revealed further heart health benefits from consuming mycoprotein, the unique ingredient in all Quorn products.

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Implantable device fights cancer through controlled-release immunotherapy - Digital Journal digitaljournal.com/tech-scie… #immunology #Science #Cancer
Implantable device fights cancer through controlled-release immunotherapy

Implantable device fights cancer through controlled-release immunotherapy

The device can sense inflammatory markers associated with cancer and then autonomously deliver immunotherapy.

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How to Select the Best Medical Provider for Your Family pharmamicroresources.com/202… #Medical #healthcare
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As part of the search for new antimicrobial compounds, laboratories are using robotic chemical-synthesizing machines to screen metabolites of both natural and synthetic origin, together with automated solutions drugdiscoveryonline.com/doc/… #microbiology
Using Automation For Antimicrobial Screening

Using Automation For Antimicrobial Screening

A major challenge with antimicrobial drug development is the necessity to test millions of drug compounds in the hope of finding one that will kill a given microbial pathogen. Laboratories are using...

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What can pharmaceuticals and healthcare professionals learn? The NASA approach usefully describes the creation of a contamination control plan as a 'living document': linkedin.com/pulse/looking-c…
#24: Looking at contamination control from orbit: What can we learn from NASA?

#24: Looking at contamination control from orbit: What can we learn from NASA?

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare facilities continuously seek to strengthen their contamination control strategies (or revise them in light of the EU GMP / PIC/S emphasis upon a document strategy); yet...

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Shotgun metagenomic sequencing - an introduction pharmamicroresources.com/202… #microbiology
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Establishing Microbiological and Particulate Controls When Reworking a Sterile Drug Product shar.es/ag07sd #microbiology
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Computing new drugs: #GenAI is helping to transform #Pharmaceutical research — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/tech-scie…
Computing new drugs: GenAI is helping to transform pharmaceutical research

Computing new drugs: GenAI is helping to transform pharmaceutical research

Scientists are actively seeking innovative systems to intelligently complete missing values in multidimensional data matrices.

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Getting there faster: New developments in rapid microbiology pharmamicroresources.com/202… #microbiology
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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Looking at contamination control from orbit: What can we learn from NASA? linkedin.com/pulse/looking-c… via @LinkedIn
#24: Looking at contamination control from orbit: What can we learn from NASA?

#24: Looking at contamination control from orbit: What can we learn from NASA?

Pharmaceuticals and healthcare facilities continuously seek to strengthen their contamination control strategies (or revise them in light of the EU GMP / PIC/S emphasis upon a document strategy); yet...

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Beating antibiotic-resistant bacteria one doorknob at a time digitaljournal.com/tech-scie…

Beating antibiotic-resistant bacteria one doorknob at a time

The new antimicrobial material may compliment cleaning protocols on high-touch surfaces within the hospital environment, like doorknobs and handrails.

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The composite is a combination of an tetraalkylphosphonium ionic liquid and copper nanoparticles. This is in the form of a coating that can be applied to existing permanent fixtures in situ without having to take them apart. Read more: digitaljournal.com/tech-scie… #microbiology

Beating antibiotic-resistant bacteria one doorknob at a time

The new antimicrobial material may compliment cleaning protocols on high-touch surfaces within the hospital environment, like doorknobs and handrails.

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Twist and turn: Back to basics look at microbiological swabbing linkedin.com/pulse/twist-tur… via @LinkedIn
#23: Twist and turn: Back to basics look at microbiological swabbing

#23: Twist and turn: Back to basics look at microbiological swabbing

Microbiological sampling using swabs remains an important part of a contamination control program. The use of swabs compliments the use of contact plates for surface sampling (1) (there is a common...

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Advantages of automated microbial colony counting europeanpharmaceuticalreview…
Advantages of automated microbial colony counting

Advantages of automated microbial colony counting

Watch this webinar with independent microbiology expert Dr Tim Sandle to explore the different technologies, regulatory concerns and validation requirements for automated colony counting methods.

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Resistance is not so futile: Bacteria, genes, efflux, & disinfectants linkedin.com/pulse/resistanc… via @LinkedIn #microbiology
#22: Resistance is not so futile: Bacteria, genes, efflux, & disinfectants

#22: Resistance is not so futile: Bacteria, genes, efflux, & disinfectants

Welcome to the latest pharmaceutical microbiology newsletter..

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I’ve just watched this on catch-up. I found it eloquent, compelling and very moving. If you haven’t seen it - and whatever preconceptions you bring with you - it is worth watching.
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