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BioForm Solutions Presents on Panel at Webinar Offered by CRN and Natural Products INSIDER

January 22, 2020, 2–4 pm Eastern
State of Probiotics: From the lab, to the law to ‘lactobacillus’

BioForm Solutions Director of Marketing, Jennie Starr, presented on the role of probiotic enumeration via flow cytometry at this industry webinar offered by CRN and Natural Products Insider. Dana Buckman, CEO, was on hand as well to take questions from the participants and engage in discussion with the other panelists. Video is available on demand here.

The discussion included the following topics:

  • Manufacturing an innovative probiotic product—choosing your matrix, strain and packaging; determining overages, and more
  • Understanding changes on the way to Lactobacillus taxonomy—why they’re needed, when they’re coming and what will be their impact on the industry
  • Designing a research program for probiotics—both pre-clinical toxicology studies and clinical trials to support claims
  • Supporting R&D and manufacturing decisions with enhanced probiotic enumeration via flow cytometry
  • U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) probiotics expert panel activities and updates on monographs
  • International update—How industry is addressing potential trade barriers and potentially restrictive guidelines for probiotics at Codex

Additional panelists from: Nutrasource Pharmaceutical & Nutraceutical Services, MeriCal, Dentali Botanical Sciences, United States Pharmacopeia and CRN