Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Health authorities in Australia have said nine people in Sydney suffered "toxic reactions"—including hallucinations—from a batch of spinach thought to contain an "accidental contaminant".

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Bio Pharma Dive

APRIL 15, 2024

Because live cell and tissue products are extremely sensitive to contamination from microorganisms, viral particles or other airborne impurities, research and manufacturing involving these materials needs to be conducted in a cleanroom environment.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 22, 2024

As the nitrosamine scandal continues, we explore the advancements in parenteral packaging materials that are reducing the risk of this contaminant in modern injectables.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Credit: Matt Limmer When most people hear “food contamination,” they think of bacteria present on unwashed fruits or vegetables, or undercooked meat. However, there are other ways for harmful contaminants to be present in food products.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

MIT engineers have designed a food sensor , made from an array of silk microneedles, that can pierce through the plastic packaging of foods to sample for bacterial contamination and spoilage. Two kinds of specialized “bioinks” react to the bacterial presence and certain pH levels, which respectively detect contamination and spoilage.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 11, 2023

Elizabeth Burns had just come inside from gardening in 2021 when she caught a TV news report about a rocklike material contaminating a nearby community's soil with lead.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 8, 2023

Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) was brought into the ICU, in Hangzhou, on multiple occasions as patients were admitted, creating a large 'reservoir' of the bacteria which contaminated beds and equipment.

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Bio Pharma Dive

MAY 16, 2022

Sub-visible particles can lower the effectiveness of a drug, which is why regulatory authorities are demanding processes be developed, validated and set up in such a way as to minimize all forms of contamination.

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BioSpace

JULY 25, 2021

recent report suggests that cross-contamination is not all that uncommon of an issue, and maybe inevitable.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Arsenic contamination is a significant threat to human health in many parts of the world. However, little is known about exactly how arsenic passes between mothers and their babies—both born and unborn—in populations living in contaminated areas.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Corroding pipework that has resulted from stagnation can further contaminate water systems with the presence of metals such as lead and copper. The post Water stagnation: Preventing contamination of water systems in vacated buildings appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

American Amber Pearson used to wash her hands until they bled, terrified by the idea of contamination from everyday items, a debilitating result of her obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

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Rethinking Clinical Trials

MARCH 4, 2025

Stepped-wedge designs can be advantageous when simultaneous rollout of the intervention to all clusters is infeasible, or when withholding the intervention from any cluster would be unethical, or when there is a risk of contamination between intervention subjects and control subjects.

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Fierce Pharma

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

GSK manufacturing review prompts Scynexis to pull Brexafemme, halt trials over contamination concerns esagonowsky Mon, 09/25/2023 - 12:26

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Fierce Pharma

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The threat of microbial contamination has triggered yet another drug recall, this time from German pharma bigwig Bayer. after routine stability testing discovered the presence of microbial contamination identified as Penicillium brevicompactum. Bayer is recalling one lot of Vitrakvi oral solution in the U.S.

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Food and Drug Administration, tested multiple indicators of wastewater contamination to identify potential sources of contamination […]. A recent study by researchers at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and the University of South Alabama, in collaboration with the U.S.

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Scienmag

JUNE 28, 2022

million grant from the National Science Foundation for a collaborative project to engineer synthetic bacteria to neutralize toxic contaminants found in drinking water. Credit: UMass […].

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Scienmag

MAY 18, 2022

A new study has found contaminants that were banned decades ago are still imperiling critically endangered California condors. Credit: Courtesy of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance A new study has found contaminants that were banned […].

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Fierce Pharma

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

shelves thanks to its own contamination scare. . | Drugs tainted with impurities ranging from bacteria and particulates to likely cancer agents have triggered multiple FDA recalls in recent years. Now, Florida’s VistaPharm is pulling a popular ulcer treatment from U.S.

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Scienmag

JUNE 13, 2022

A new analysis by researchers at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) has found that inactive yeast could be effective as an inexpensive, abundant, and simple material for removing lead contamination from drinking water supplies. Serious […].

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Scienmag

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On 26 August 2021, the Japanese Cabinet passed a bill to discharge treated Fukushima nuclear accident contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean to alleviate the problem of nuclear wastewater storage.

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Fierce Pharma

JANUARY 18, 2023

Merck found the source of Januvia contamination, plans to fix the issue this year: report. Wed, 01/18/2023 - 09:42.

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XTalks

MAY 19, 2022

Since metal contamination is a common issue in food production, resulting in expensive recalls and lawsuits, the FDA has implemented metal detection standards to ensure the same principles are followed for all companies. So why is metal contamination such a common reason for launching voluntary recalls?

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In rural Bangladesh, areas with high levels of arsenic contamination in drinking water, compared to areas with less contamination, have a higher prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in both water and child stool samples, according to a new study publishing December 8, 2022 in PLOS Pathogens by Mohammad Aminul Islam of Washington State (..)

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 3, 2023

Cronobacter sakazakii bacteria from a contaminated breast pump caused an infection that killed an infant last year, U.S. federal health officials said Thursday.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 24, 2023

Following the deaths of more than 300 children from contaminated cough syrup, the WHO appealed Monday for "immediate and coordinated action" to root out substandard and falsified medicines around the world.

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NPR Health - Shots

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The foods are sold under dozens of different brand names, but all recalled products say Fresh Creative Cuisine on the bottom of the label. The recall affects items sold in nine East Coast states. Image credit: Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

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Scienmag

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

— Biochar — a charcoal-like substance made primarily from agricultural waste products — holds promise for removing emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals from treated wastewater. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 17, 2022

NTI have tackled this problem through the introduction of its NEBULAE® SRS system , which filters and recycles the air in surgical theatres, removing potentially harmful contaminates.

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Bio Pharma Dive

JULY 1, 2024

Viral contamination threatens biopharmaceutical development, making viral clearance and safety essential for risk mitigation.

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NPR Health - Shots

AUGUST 15, 2022

The company says diluted cleaning solution used to clean food processing equipment in its factories got into the Capri Sun pouches. Image credit: Nam Y.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The organization called for more efforts to protect children from contaminated medicine. The recent deaths of over 300 children in Africa and Asia have prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to warn about the use of "substandard and falsified" medical products. Toxicologists Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir unpack the story.

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NPR Health - Shots

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The World Health Organization has issued an alert about the deaths in the West African nation of Gambia. For context, we speak to the authors of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India. Image credit: Milan Berckmans/AFP via Getty Images)

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BioPharma Reporter

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A probe has identified 'human errorâ at the Spanish contract development and manufacturing organization, Rovi, as the reason for the presence of metal contaminants in Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses, leading to Japanese authorities withdrawing 1.6 million doses of the shot in August.

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Scienmag

JUNE 16, 2021

Credit: Prof Jon Blount Chemical additives used in plastic production have been found in herring gull eggs, new research shows. Phthalates are a group of chemicals added to plastics to keep them flexible.

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Scienmag

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

A new grant from HEI Energy will allow researchers to explore possible links between fracking and water contaminants in southwestern Pennsylvania. […].

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Bio Pharma Dive

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The FDA has halted all clinical trials testing the injectable form of Gilead's lenacapavir, for fear that incompatibility between the drug and the vials it's held in could cause contamination.

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