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Pharmaceutical & Industrial

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Pharmaceutical and industrial sectors demand the highest standards for microbiological quality control and regulatory compliance. Whether supporting the development of novel antimicrobial compounds, ensuring the sterility and safety of pharmaceutical products, or meeting the microbiological testing requirements of industrial manufacturers, laboratories in these sectors need diagnostic products and services they can rely on.

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mastpharma®

Bringing a novel antimicrobial to market requires a trusted development partner with the expertise, manufacturing capability and regulatory knowledge to deliver validated diagnostic solutions on time and to the standards required for clinical trial and commercial launch. mastpharma® is Mast Group's dedicated service for the pharmaceutical industry, supporting the development and commercialisation of AST discs for novel clinical and veterinary compounds through two structured service pathways: mastpharma® development and mastpharma® stability. Leveraging over 65 years of experience in the manufacture of antimicrobial susceptibility testing products, we are proud of our role in supporting the successful commercialisation of new antimicrobials.

mastpharma® development & stability
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MASTDISCS® AST

Central to the mastpharma® service is the MASTDISCS® AST range, one of the most comprehensive antimicrobial susceptibility test disc ranges available worldwide. With over 65 years of experience at the forefront of antimicrobial susceptibility test disc development and manufacture, Mast Group has the expertise, manufacturing capability and quality infrastructure to produce discs for novel compounds to the exacting standards required for regulatory submission and commercial launch.

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Culture media for industrial applications

Reliable, consistent culture media is fundamental to microbiological quality control in pharmaceutical manufacturing and industrial testing. Mast Group's range of dehydrated culture media includes key media for sterility testing such as Thioglycollate Broth (as set out in USP <71>). For laboratories that prepare media in-house , Mast offers a comprehensive range of culture media raw materials and supplements. Mast offers a comprehensive range of culture media raw materials and supplements.

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    MAST® THIOGLYCOLLATE BROTH U.S.P. is a culture medium supplied as a dehydrated powder used for the sterility testing as recommended by the United States Pharmacopoeia (U.S.P.).
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    RZF5C
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    MASTDISCS® Antifungal Susceptibility Test Discs are high-quality paper discs impregnated with specific antifungals for the determination of susceptibility of common fungal pathogens using disc diffusion testing methods. MASTDISCS® deliver reliable and consistent results in routine microbiology laboratories. Each pack contains 5 cartridges of 50 discs.
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    Culture Media & Supplements
    DM115D
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    MAST® COLUMBIA AGAR is a general-purpose culture medium supplied as a dehydrated powder, enabling end users to prepare a suitable medium for the cultivation and isolation of most non-fastidious organisms. When enriched with sterile defibrinated blood supplement, provides good growth of fastidious organisms and demonstrates typical haemolytic activity when applicable organisms are cultured.
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    AZA50C
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    MASTDISCS® Antibiotic Susceptibility Test Discs are high-quality paper discs impregnated with specific antibiotics for the determination of susceptibility of common bacterial pathogens using disc diffusion testing methods. MASTDISCS® deliver reliable and consistent results in routine microbiology laboratories. Each pack contains 5 cartridges of 50 discs.
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