Screen your raw material for adventitious agents with Covance. Raw materials used in the production of biopharmaceuticals occasionally harbor a range of potential contaminants and adventitious agent. Determine the number and type of tests required on a case-by-case basis  with Covance and watch us spring into action to find a solution dictated  by your unique circumstances.

CFR 9CFR113.28 requires and Covance conducts testing on individual lots of bovine serum for use in manufacture for:

• Sterility
• Mycoplasma assays
• In vitro adventitious virus assay
  • immuno and PCR endpoints for bovine-specific viruses