Published • loading... • Updated
Keeping drugs free of contaminants – pharmaceutical manufacturers filter medications through tiny pores to keep them sterile and safe
- The global pharmaceutical industry produces trillions of medication doses annually to meet worldwide demand.
- Sterile filtration protects patients by removing contaminants from drugs through microscopic filters.
- A fungal meningitis outbreak in 2012 at the New England Compounding Center highlighted risks from contaminated drugs.
- Heat sterilization and gamma radiation can harm sensitive modern drugs, prompting research into alternative sterilization methods.
Insights by Ground AI
31 Articles
31 Articles
The Conversation+30 Reposted by 30 other sources
Keeping drugs free of contaminants – pharmaceutical manufacturers filter medications through tiny pores to keep them sterile and safe
Sterile filtration acts as a shield between a manufactured drug and a patient. Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty ImagesEvery year, the global pharmaceutical industry produces trillions of doses of medications. Manufacturing these drugs involves several stages, and the chance of contamination increases with every step. Thus, before a single drop of any drug can be given to a patient, it must be sterilized. In my work as a researcher in pharmace…
·Boston, United States
Read Full ArticleCoverage Details
Total News Sources31
Leaning Left1Leaning Right11Center17Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Center
Bias Distribution
- 59% of the sources are Center
59% Center
C 59%
R 38%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
