Welcome to Microbiology & Quality Associates

Microbiology & Quality Associates, Inc., located in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a service organization providing a variety of services to life sciences companies. Our services include: contract biotech development services, testing services, consulting, validation support, training, and scientific resources. MQA is FDA registered and DEA licensed. Our Quality System comply with GXP regulations.

We provide services to a wide variety of companies in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical devices, nutritional products, dialysis centers, semiconductors, and other industries.

MQA staff has many years of hands-on experience at pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. Our philosophy is to do things right the 1st time, best science and best quality.

MQA has the right equation for you:

Top Quality, Solid Experience, Timeliness, Flexibility & Outstanding Customer Service.

MQA offers the following valuable services:

• Environmental Monitoring • Microbiology Testing • Cleaning Validation Support • Biotech Small Scale Process Development • Validation Support • Training Center • Consulting

Medical Device Companies • Biological indicator sterility test (Steam, Radiation, Dry heat & ETO) • Bioburden studies (AAMI and USP) • Clean room sampling and validation • Endotoxin testing by LAL method (Gel-Clot, Kinetic Turbidimetric and Kinetic Chromogenic) • Gamma and E-Beam irradiation validation (AAMI) • Package Integrity Testing • Water Chemical Testing Nutritional Supplements • Method development Microbial limit test and Pathogen screening (USP)

Cosmetics • Aerobic plate count (APC) • Fungi (yeast, and mold) plate count • Anaerobic plate count (use only for talc's and powders) • Screening test for total numbers of microorganisms present in used and unused cosmetics. • Preservative efficacy test • Pathogen screening

Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Companies • Environmental monitoring • Microbiology • Cleaning validation Support • Package Integrity Testing • Product testing • Water Chemical Testing

Nutritional Supplements • Method development Microbial limit test and Pathogen screening (USP)

Lab News

New MQA Training class starts January 4th, 2010. See brochure or training section for details. Training Class PDF

 

October 12th, 2009
MQA Training section start October 12th. Call MQA to reserve a seat. Training Class PDF.

June, 2009
MQA passed FDA inspection in June with no observations (no 483's).

June, 2009
MQA Training center is scheduled to start the 1st class in QC Microbiology in January 2009. Please contact MQA for more details.

December 3, 2008
MQA Training center is scheduled to start the 1st class in QC Microbiology in January 2009. Please contact MQA for more details.

November 30, 2008
MQA is expanding Biotechnology services. The company is providing cell culture small scale development services and cell-based bioassays. Please contact MQA for a complete list of biotechnology services.

September 10, 2008
MQA is now offering Chromatography column life cycle development and validation studies. MQA adquired a state of the art GE AKTA Explorer to provide protein purification cycle development and chromatography column life cycle development. Our Protein purification staff have over 10 years of experience working with different protein molecules and using the AKTA explorer.

March 19, 2008
MQA is now offering Mycoplasma PCR testing for cell lines and cell culture media. MQA PCR method is GMP validated.
Our validated method can detect different mycoplasma in 1-2 days.

October 2007
MQA is now offering bacteria identification using the Dupont RiboPrinter bacteria characterization system. MQA provides same bacteria identification 7 days a week.

Conferences
Juan Munoz, MQA President/CEO will be presenting at the following conferences:

June 2007 MQA to present at Boston microrite conference.

Intensive training in environmental monitoring, disinfectant qualification and cleanroom contamination control
• Environmental Monitoring a complex system simplified
• Understanding the qualification of disinfectant and key elements of cleaning procedures
microrite, Inc. Practical Series Seminars & Workshops, June 7 & 8, 2007 at Doubletree Guest Suites Boston 400, Soldiers Field Rd, Boston, MA 02134

MQA to present in microrite conference in Foster City
AUDITING MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MANUFACTURING IN PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY - Sponsor by microrite, Inc., April 12 and 13, 2007 Crowne Plaza, Foster City, California

AUDITING MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MANUFACTURING IN PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY - Sponsor by microrite, Inc., March 26 and 27, 2007 Caribe Hilton, San Juan PR 00902

Auditing Water Systems
Auditing Microbiology Laboratories

Auditing Water Systems
December 1st, 2006
MQA moved to their new microbiology laboratory facility. The lab is FDA registered and compliant with ISO 9000, GLP and GMP regulations.