Evidence against a bacterial endotoxin masking effect in biologic drug products by limulus amebocyte lysate detection

JS Bolden, ME Claerbout, MK Miner… - PDA Journal of …, 2014 - journal.pda.org
The inability to detect endotoxin using compendia methods is a potential safety concern for
patients due to the lack of endotoxin removal capabilities at the fill–finish stage in typical …

Current technologies to endotoxin detection and removal for biopharmaceutical purification

M Schneier, S Razdan, AM Miller… - Biotechnology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Endotoxins are the major contributors to the pyrogenic response caused by contaminated
pharmaceutical products, formulation ingredients, and medical devices. Recombinant …

Comparison of Limulus amebocyte lysate test methods for endotoxin measurement in protein solutions

L Chen, N Mozier - Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 2013 - Elsevier
The measurement of low levels of bacterial lipopolysaccharides (endotoxins) in protein
samples can be a challenge due to potential interference from the inherent properties of the …

The Effect of Refrigeration and Mixing on Detection of Endotoxin in Parenteral Drugs Using the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) Test

DE Guilfoyle, JF Yager, SL Carito - PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 1989 - journal.pda.org
Prior to testing for the presence of bacterial endotoxin, parenteral products are handled and
stored in a variety of ways. Two incidents, detected by the US Food and Drug Administration …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of the kinetics and mechanism of low endotoxin recovery in a matrix for biopharmaceutical drug products

J Reich, H Tamura, I Nagaoka, H Motschmann - Biologicals, 2018 - Elsevier
The inability to detect endotoxin added to undiluted drug samples has been called: Low
Endotoxin Recovery (LER). The phenomenon has caused concerns amongst drug …

Sample treatments that solve Low Endotoxin Recovery issues

M Tsuchiya - PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and …, 2019 - journal.pda.org
Dilution of samples with water (water dilution method) was not appropriate for measuring the
endotoxin activity in solutions containing chelating agents and detergents—typical …

Bacterial endotoxin testing: a report on the methods, background, data, and regulatory history of extraction recovery efficiency

TD Bryans, C Braithwaite, J Broad… - Biomedical …, 2004 - array.aami.org
Since the mid-1970s the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) assay has been used to test
medical devices for bacterial endotoxins. The Association for the Advancement of Medical …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial endotoxin testing—fast endotoxin masking kinetics in the presence of lauryldimethylamine oxide

R Bech Ørving, B Carpenter, S Roth, J Reich… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
For release of parenteral drug products, bacterial endotoxin testing is one of a panel of
necessary tests. In order to ensure the validity of such tests, various controls are performed …

Factors affecting recovery of endotoxin adsorbed to container surfaces

TJ Novitsky, J Schmidt-Gengenbach… - PDA Journal of …, 1986 - journal.pda.org
A quantitative, sensitive, and reproducible kinetic turbidimetric adaptation of the Limulus
amebocyte lysate (LAL) assay was used to assess endotoxin adsorption/recovery from …

Endotoxin recovery using limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) assay

JS Bolden, RE Warburton, R Phelan, M Murphy… - Biologicals, 2016 - Elsevier
A phenomenon initially reported by Chen and Vinther in 2013 [1], and now commonly
referred to as low endotoxin recovery (LER), has prompted the Food and Drug …