Keeping drugs free of contaminants – pharmaceutical manufacturers filter medications through tiny pores to keep them sterile and safe

Sterile filtration acts as a shield between a manufactured drug and a patient. Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images Every year, the global pharmaceutical industry produces trillions of doses of medications. Manufacturing these drugs involves several stages, and the chance of contamination increases with every step. Thus, before a single drop of any drug can be given to a patient, it must be sterilized. In my work as a researcher in pharmaceutical manufacturing, I investigate how the…