Whittaker
Executive Summary
Acquires Lysate product line from Mallinckrodt. Used in the detection of pyrogens that may be present in drugs and I.V. solutions during and after the manufacturing process, Lysate "lends itself to automated in vitro quality control procedures [and] offers advantages over the standard in vivo procedure, the rabbit fever response test," Whittaker said in a recent release. Mallinckrodt's lysate product line includes Pyrogent reagents in kit forms, Pyrosperse, a dispersing agent; and QA color lysate system, an automated system for high volume quality control testing . . . .