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31. Is Your Lab Ready For A LIMS Implementation? 7/25/2024

    Deploying a laboratory information management system (LIMS) can boost your quality control lab's productivity, but how are you going about it? This article shares key steps and considerations for setting up your physical lab, controlling inventory, and more.

32. Bacterial Endotoxin Testing, Part 2: Prerequisites & Reagent Preparation 7/23/2024

    In this second article of a planned series about bacterial endotoxin testing, the author shares best practices about prerequisites and reagent preparation for a gel clot Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) test.

33. Making Good Decisions When FDA Investigators Come Knocking 7/18/2024

    Ready or not, when the FDA inspector arrives, the test has already started. New final guidance makes clear what the agency considers an attempt to stonewall.

34. 5 Recommendations To Maximize CSV/CSA Outcomes 7/17/2024

    The computer system validation (CSV)/computer system assurance (CSA) process is correlated with other departments besides IT and quality. Accordingly, all stakeholders must think ahead and define what they need.

35. How Eli Lilly's Making Peptides Faster And More Reliably 7/17/2024

    Three company leaders answer questions about the IE2b project, which is receiving an ISPE 2024 Facility of the Year Award for its ingenuity of complexity.

36. Bacterial Endotoxin Testing, Part 1: Overview 7/16/2024

    All injectable drug products and implantable medical devices that come into contact with the bloodstream or spinal fluid are tested for endotoxins. This article provides an overview of bacterial endotoxin testing and the LAL method.

37. Correct But Misleading: AI Hallucinations In Complex Decision-Making 7/11/2024

    Managing risks associated with AI hallucinations requires "explainability," a process that identifies patterns or behaviors in AI models that are inconsistent with training data or logical expectations. Regulators are mandating transparency in AI models used for drug testing and development.

38. Why Knowledge Workers Must Embrace Standard Work 7/10/2024

    Highly educated scientists often resist the notion of standard work because it seems stifling. On the contrary, standard work can increase productivity and creativity.

39. ChatGPT-4: Practical Applications For The Biopharma Laboratory 7/3/2024

    AI has made its way into the biopharma laboratory, and ChatGPT-4 is the most popular. Do you know the capabilities that this tech can deliver?

40. New 'WEE' Urgency Raised As FDA Requires DSCSA EDDS Interoperability 6/28/2024

    A June meeting showed industry is struggling to meet the DSCSA's November deadline. Eligible companies might find relief in an FDA waivers and exemptions program.