Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Built on quality, made for pharma

You set the standard for pharmaceutical integrity—Thermo Fisher Scientific helps you reach it. Our microbiology solutions help you detect contaminants, safeguard cleanrooms, and meet strict compliance standards with confidence. Backed by a century of expertise, we support your critical quality testing—batch after batch—so you can keep operations running smoothly and deliver safe products to those who need them.

Cleanroom environmental monitoring

Aseptic process simulations (Media fills)

Peptones for veterinary vaccine fermentation

Sterility testing

Growth promotion testing

Microbiology solutions to support pharmaceutical integrity

In the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, patient safety and regulatory compliance are paramount. At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we provide a range of validated microbiology solutions designed to meet the unique needs of pharmaceutical microbiology laboratories. From raw materials to finished products, and from environmental monitoring to microbial identification, our expertise and high-quality products support production and quality assurance of your drug manufacturing process. Trust in our solutions to help ensure the safety and effectiveness of your sterile pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and biotechnology products.

Featured products

Thermo Scientific Triple Wrap TSA Plates

Our pharmacopoeia harmonized Triple Wrap Plates are designed to meet your needs and are now packaged with zero styrofoam to support your facility’s green initiatives.                                                                                 

Thermo Scientific Cold Filterable Media for Media Fills

Cold filterable media reduces preparation time by facilitating quick and easy dissolution at lower temperatures, eliminating the need for the heating and cooling steps often necessary with traditional media.

Thermo Scientific Quanti-Cult Plus QC Organisms

Quanti-Cult Plus kits provide specific, reproducible numbers of viable microorganisms with <100 colony forming units (cfu) per inoculum with a full range of pharmacopeia-referred strains.

Thermo Scientific AOF Peptones for Veterinary Vaccine Fermentation

Our Thermo Scientific Oxoid peptones are available in both animal-origin and animal origin free options, offering a range of AN/TN ratios to suit the specific needs of your process.

Learn more about contamination control

Request access to our informative resources around contamination control in a pharmaceutical setting. Resources include SmartNotes, brochures, as well as scientific webinars straight from industry experts around environmental monitoring and aseptic process simulations.

SmartNotes: Risk-based approach to selecting environmental monitoring locations

Featured content

Schedule your peptone mix evaluation

Request a no-obligation consultation on choosing the right peptones for veterinary vaccine fermentation.

Schedule your peptone mix evaluation

Save time and labor with prepared media

You won’t have to think twice about meeting testing guidelines with our extensive range of regulatory-compliant Thermo Scientific prepared culture media. We provide a range of formulations designed to meet relevant US, EU, and JP pharmacopoeias, as well as FDA and ISO requirements for bioburden and purified water testing.

One health

USP 60 Culture Media Formulations and QC Organisms for Burkholderia cepacia Complex

Simplify your lab workflow with non-sterile microbiological examination testing for B. cepacia complex (Bcc).

The comprehensive product portfolio covers the full workflow requirements for all non-sterile pharmaceutical B. cepacia product testing requirements: prepared culture media, dehydrated culture media and supplements, quality control organisms including B. cenocepacia ATCC* BAA-245 and B. multivorans ATCC BAA-247, along with a full range of diagnostic products.

USP 60 Culture Media Formulations and QC Organisms for Burkholderia cepacia Complex

Maintain safety while setting quality standards

Ensure consistent microbiological evaluation of pharmaceuticals, for effective, high-performance products. Reduce the risk of contamination with quantitative quality control microorganisms derived from authentic, high-quality ATCC* cultures, in a safe, ready-to-rehydrate vial.

Maintain safety while setting quality standards

How ISO 17034 accreditation equates to high quality, consistent reference materials

Thermo Fisher Scientific Microbiology is an official accredited reference material (RM) producer, supplying our customers with trusted certified reference material (CRM) and assuring high quality, consistency, regulatory compliance and confidence in results.

In our SmartNote, we will look at what ISO 17034 is and why it matters, outline the intensive accreditation process, and explain how our QC products give our customers the added level of regulatory confidence they need.

How ISO 17034 accreditation equates to high quality, consistent reference materials

Visibly faster biochemical ID with easy read panels

Microbiology laboratories are constantly looking for new ways to cut costs, without sacrificing quality. That’s why our microbiology portfolio provides a number of affordable ways to accomplish your goals, including Thermo Scientific RapID Systems for cost-effective, manual identification of a broad spectrum of microorganisms.

Visibly faster biochemical ID with easy read panels

Experience a culture you can trust

Learn about how we can support you with our reliable, comprehensive, and pharmacopeia harmonized microbiology solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.

Resources

Explore our pharmaceutical microbiology resources. Let us support you in overcoming the challenges of producing and quality testing your sterile and non-sterile pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and biotechnology products.

Upcoming and on-demand webinars

Learn more about the latest pharmaceutical manufacturing quality control and sterility testing trends from experts. Register interest in upcoming webinars, and sign up to access our library of on-demand pharmaceutical microbiology webinars.

Environmental monitoring resources

Learn more about environmental monitoring and its role in contamination control with resources including SmartNotes, brochures, and scientific webinars straight from industry experts. 

Aseptic process simulations resources

Learn more about media fills for aseptic process simulations, including an overview of our cold filterable media range and flexible bioprocess container formats, as well as webinars covering industry best practices. 

Veterinary vaccine fermentation resources

Learn more about our peptones for veterinary vaccine fermentation applications, including our essential guide to peptones for vet vaccines and insights on animal health and vet vaccine trends.

*The ATCC Licensed Derivative® Emblem, the ATCC Licensed Derivative® word mark and the ATCC catalog marks are trademarks of ATCC. Remel Inc. is licensed to use these trademarks and to sell products derived from ATCC® cultures. The identity, purity, and authenticity of the Licensed Products are exclusively the responsibility of Remel Inc., and not ATCC.

For Laboratory Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.