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Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Microbiology solutions for bioburden, sterility, objectionable organisms or pathogens, identification and environmental monitoring.

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Overview

At the end of every product and solution we develop there is a patient.

Today, while pharmaceutical companies are constantly innovating to provide critical medications, BD continues to be a trusted partner in helping pharma companies bring safe and effective drugs and therapeutics to patients worldwide. Beginning with Difco™ Laboratories, and continuing with BBL™ , BD has a long-standing history of providing pharmaceutical companies with the tools they need to effectively monitor and control their manufacturing environment.  The impact of these solutions goes beyond providing lifesaving medications to enriching families and communities. Pharmaceutical companies rely on and trust BD to provide consistent testing outcomes for their critical tests.  From BD Difco™ dehydrated culture media to BD BBL™ prepared plated media.  Access to these solutions enables pharmaceutical companies to provide safe and effective products to patients.  Life connected to every environmental monitoring plate. Life connected to every sterility test. Life connected to every media fill result. 

Benefits

A focus on our customers’ needs

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    Partner

    Training and education supported by dedicated associates ensures seamless product use.

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    Industry Leader

    Brand reputation that instills confidence servicing the world’s top pharmaceutical companies.

  • Expertise

    125 years if expertise in manufacturing products.

  • Quality and Compliance

    Offering transparent and easy to access relevant documentation and expert support and assessment to monitor for changes in regulatory requirements.

  • Global Manufacturing

    BD has 8 manufacturing sites around the world dedicated to manufacturing products to provide continuity of supply and redundant manufacturing.

  • Global Distribution

    Extensive global distribution network allows us to deliver products around the globe daily from nine distribution centers.

Environmental Monitoring starts with a quality media plate from a trusted partner
Environmental Monitoring starts with a quality media plate from a trusted partner

Access to these solutions is the first step in manufacturing safe and effective pharmaceutical products.

Plated Media
Plated Media

BD BBL™ prepared plated media enable the isolation of microorganisms from samples or specimens. Ready for immediate use, they are routinely available in several types of Petri-style dishes, containing a variety of media.

Bottled Media
Bottled Media

BD ready-for-use prepared bottled media help detect microorganisms from testing samples.

Dehydrated Culture Media
Dehydrated Culture Media

BD supplies more than 400 different BD Difco™ and BD BBL™ brand media formulations and ingredients in dehydrated form for the convenience of the laboratorian and bioprocessing specialist.

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    BD BBL™ prepared plated media enable the isolation of microorganisms from samples or specimens.  Ready for immediate use, they are routinely available in several types of Petri-style dishes, containing a variety of media

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    BD BBL™ prepared plated media enable the isolation of microorganisms from samples or specimens. Ready for immediate use, they are routinely available in several types of Petri-style dishes, containing a variety of media.

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    BD ready-for-use prepared bottled media help detect microorganisms from testing samples.

Swab-based Specimen Collection
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    BD BBL™ prepared tubed media enables the isolation and identification of microorganisms.  Tubed nedia are ideal for cultures requiring prolonged incubation since many can be incubated with tightly closed caps to prevent dehydration and subsequent inhibition of growth.

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    BD supplies more than 400 different BD Difco™ and BD BBL™ brand media formulations and ingredients in dehydrated form for the convenience of the laboratorian and bioprocessing specialist.

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    BD sterile pack swabs are ready-to-use sterile swabs in a pre-filled tube of rinse solution for surface and equipment sampling.

Stains and Reagents
Environmental Systems
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    BD offers systems and accessories that support BD GasPak systems for the generation of anaerobic, microaerophilic or C02-enriched environments

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    The BD Bio-Bag system includes environmental chambers that incorporate traditional gas-generation methods into a reliable pouch system.