Lonza to Host Free Webinar on Low Endotoxin Recovery

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Cologne, Germany / Walkersville, MD, USA, 5 October 2015 – Lonza has announced that it will host a free 60-minute webinar on 20 October and 21 October 2015, titled “Low Endotoxin Recovery (LER) – Context and Resolution from a Broad Biologics Test Perspective.”

 

To help researchers learn more about what Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) manufacturers are doing to help solve the LER mystery, specialists from Lonza will be addressing the following questions and topics during the webinar:

• What, other than pyrogenicity, is becoming relevant to endotoxin testing?
• Why is LER becoming an increasingly important matter, particularly for biologics?

 

Interested parties can register to attend the free webinar by selecting the link alongside their preferred date below:

 

    ·   Tuesday, 20 October 2015 – 11 AM PDT (Los Angeles) / 2 PM EDT (New York)

 

    ·   Wednesday, 21 October 2015 – 9 AM BST (London) / 10 AM CEST (Berlin / 5 PM JST (Tokyo)

 

Speaker: Kevin L. Williams, Senior Scientist for Endotoxin Detection at Lonza Walkersville

 

Kevin Williams has more than 30 years of hands-on experience in the area of pharmaceutical quality control. He is a recognized expert in the field of endotoxin detection and has authored the reference book Endotoxins: Pyrogens, LAL Testing and Depyrogenation (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences).

 

Those unable to join the webinar are invited to visit the LER or Endotoxin Detection pages on the Lonza website. Alternatively, the webinar will also be available via the webinar archive at a later date.

 

To learn more about Lonza’s upcoming webinars, please go to: www.lonza.com/researchwebinars

About Lonza Lonza is one of the world’s leading and most-trusted suppliers to the pharmaceutical, biotech and specialty ingredients markets. We harness science and technology to create products that support safer and healthier living and that enhance the overall quality of life.   Not only are we a custom manufacturer and developer, Lonza also offers services and products ranging from active pharmaceutical ingredients and stem-cell therapies to drinking water sanitizers, from the vitamin B compounds and organic personal care ingredients to agricultural products, and from industrial preservatives to microbial control solutions that combat dangerous viruses, bacteria and other pathogens.   Founded in 1897 in the Swiss Alps, Lonza today is a well-respected global company with more than 40 major manufacturing and R&D facilities and approximately 9,800 full-time employees worldwide. The company generated sales of about CHF 3.64 billion in 2014 and is organized into two market-focused segments: Pharma&Biotech and Specialty Ingredients. Further information can be found at www.lonza.com.   Lonza Contact Information Lonza Cologne GmbH Lonza Group Ltd Lonza Group Ltd Manager Marketing Communications Head Corporate  Communications Head External  Communications Petra Haberkamm Dominik Werner Constance Ward Tel +49 221 991990 Tel +41 61 316 8798 Tel +41 61 316 8840 Fax +49 221 99199498 Fax +41 61 316 9540 Fax +41 61 316 9840 marcom.lbs@lonza.com dominik.werner@lonza.com constance.ward@lonza.com