The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its new 2025 Guidelines on the replacement or removal of animal tests for the quality control of biological products.

In April 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies—a landmark initiative that lays out a plan to make animal ...

Researchers have discovered a new way to detect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water. This marks an important step forward in creating testing devices that are simpler, more ...

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Background: While the associations of indoor allergens, endotoxin, heavy metals, and parabens with allergy outcomes are well-studied ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown a link between the size of cockroach home infestations and the levels of both allergens and endotoxins in those homes, with lowering roach ...

Microbial contamination represents a significant risk during biomanufacturing. Unlike medicines that can be synthesized chemically using highly controlled materials, biopharmaceuticals require work ...

Endotoxin testing is critical in industries such as biopharmaceuticals and medical devices to ensure product safety and reliability. Endotoxins, which are lipopolysaccharides (LPS) found in ...

Bullion dealers and pawn shop owners require appropriate tools to ensure they are providing their customers with pure gold, silver, and other precious metals. Several analytical methods are used to ...

In a transformative policy shift this July, the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced that it will no longer fund research proposals that rely solely on animal models to study human disease.

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Endotoxin testing is critical for quality control in drug production, as it has a direct impact on pharmaceutical safety and effectiveness. Traditionally Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) testing is used ...