Particulate contamination has sparked the recalls of numerous injectable drugs over the years, with Amneal’s hospital med ropivacaine now the latest to fall victim to the trend. Amneal is recalling ...

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Sandoz has announced the recall of two lots of its cancer drug methotrexate sodium after it said particulate matter was observed in vials of the drug. The recall is at ...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a stern warning to Amneal Pharmaceuticals for what it called “significant violations” of manufacturing standards, citing instances in which the drugmaker ...

The FDA issued a warning letter to Amneal Pharmaceuticals criticizing the drugmaker for failing to correct problems that led to a string of recalls of its generic vancomycin and ropivacaine ...

The regulatory compliance standards for modern pharmaceutical products are among the harshest in the world, demanding cutting-edge quality assurance and quality control procedures to ensure that ...

Single-particle optical sensing (SPOS) was originally developed for the field of particulate contamination analysis. Particles in a liquid suspension flow through a small "photozone", a narrow, ...

Automobile filter systems are particularly sensitive. In electronics, for example, contamination on printed circuit boards (PCBs) can result in short circuits, leading to system failure. Cleanliness ...

Understand cGMP requirements for portable environmental monitoring to support contamination control in pharmaceutical cleanrooms.