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Sterility test

42 listings from 28 suppliers · 4 Japanese makers

Japanese name: 無菌試験

Sterility testing confirms that a product or process fluid contains no viable microorganisms, and its result supports batch release. Membrane filtration is the main method, using closed systems or work inside isolators. Buyers compare closed-system filtration that limits secondary contamination, aseptic work environments such as isolators, culture media, conventional against rapid methods, and in-house against contract testing. Rapid methods and the way positives would be identified deserve a check too. Products we track are listed below with their makers and Japanese suppliers.

Sterility test systems and pumps
ProductMakerWhere to buy in Japan
Steritest Symbio PumpsMerckMerck Ltd., Japan (Japanese subsidiary, Life Science)
Steritest NEO Membrane Filtration Sterility TestMerckMerck Ltd., Japan (Japanese subsidiary, Life Science)
Sterisart Universal PumpSartoriusSartorius Japan K.K. (Japanese subsidiary)
Sterisart NF System / Sterility Testing FamilySartoriusSartorius Japan K.K. (Japanese subsidiary)
Sterility test media and culture products
ProductMakerWhere to buy in Japan
Steritest Culture MediaMerckMerck Ltd., Japan (Japanese subsidiary, Life Science)
Fluid Thioglycollate MediumMerckMerck Ltd., Japan (Japanese subsidiary, Life Science)
Soybean-Casein Digest MediumMerckMerck Ltd., Japan (Japanese subsidiary, Life Science)
Fluid Thioglycollate MediumThermo Fisher ScientificNot yet confirmed
Soybean-Casein Digest MediumThermo Fisher ScientificNot yet confirmed
Culture media for microbial testingFUJIFILM WakoJP makerFrom the maker
Culture media for microbial testingNissui PharmaceuticalJP makerFrom the maker
Media for microbiological testingEiken ChemicalJP makerFrom the maker
Isolators and sterility testing environments
ProductMakerWhere to buy in Japan
Barrier Systems / IsolatorsSTERISNot yet confirmed
Pharmaceutical Production SolutionsGetingeNot yet confirmed
Pharmaceutical IsolatorsSKANNot yet confirmed
Isolator SystemsSyntegonNot yet confirmed
Pharmaceutical IsolatorsAzbil TelstarNot yet confirmed
Compounding / Pharmaceutical IsolatorsGermfreeNot yet confirmed
Isolators / BioSafety CabinetsEsco PharmaNot yet confirmed
Safety cabinets and incubator-related productsPanasonic HealthcareJP makerFrom the maker
Rapid sterility testing and automated microbial detection
ProductMakerWhere to buy in Japan
Milliflex Rapid System 2.0MerckMerck Ltd., Japan (Japanese subsidiary, Life Science)
Milliflex Rapid System for Rapid Sterility TestingMerckMerck Ltd., Japan (Japanese subsidiary, Life Science)
BacT/ALERT 3D systemsbioMérieuxNot yet confirmed
BacT/ALERT VIRTUObioMérieuxNot yet confirmed
Celsis Rapid Microbial DetectionCharles RiverNot yet confirmed
Growth Direct SystemRapid Micro BiosystemsNot yet confirmed
Environmental monitoring and microbial data managementPharmagraphNot yet confirmed
Contract testing services
ProductMakerWhere to buy in Japan
Sterility / Microbiology TestingEurofins BioPharma Product TestingNot yet confirmed
Microbiology / Biosafety TestingEurofins BioPharma Product Testing KyotoNot yet confirmed
Sterility Testing ServicesCharles RiverNot yet confirmed
Sterility Testing ServicesSTERIS Applied Sterilization TechnologiesNot yet confirmed
Sterility / Microbiology TestingSGSNot yet confirmed
BioReliance Contract Testing ServicesMerckNot yet confirmed
Microbiology / Biosafety TestingWuXi AppTecNot yet confirmed
Sterility TestingNelson LabsNot yet confirmed
Sterility / Microbiology TestingPace Analytical Life SciencesNot yet confirmed
Related equipment and peripheralsUsed alongside this category
ProductMakerWhere to buy in Japan
CO2 incubators / microbial culture-related equipmentThermo Fisher ScientificThermo Fisher Scientific K.K. (Japanese subsidiary)
Environmental monitoring productsMerckMerck Ltd., Japan (Japanese subsidiary, Life Science)
Environmental monitoring systemsParticle Measuring SystemsNot yet confirmed
Particle Counters / Monitoring SystemsLighthouse Worldwide SolutionsNot yet confirmed
VITEK / microbial identification-related productsbioMérieuxNot yet confirmed
MALDI BiotyperBrukerNot yet confirmed

“Where to buy in Japan” shows only sales relationships we have confirmed on the company’s or the distributor’s own website. “Not yet confirmed” means we have not checked yet, not that the product is unavailable in Japan. Product names link to the maker’s own page.