FOCUS Laboratories

12/02/2021

Tony is very excited to share that his final meeting as President of PDA Metro Chapter will be hosting the NY Times Best Selling Author Katherine Eban.

She will be discussing her excellent book "Bottle of Lies", chronicling the quality failures, fraud and deception behind Dr. Reddy's fall -- a daunting tale for everyone in our industry and a reminder of why we are all heroes!

All attendees will receive a free copy of the book.

Speaker: KATHERINE EBAN, an investigative journalist, is a Vanity Fair contributing editor. Her articles on pharmaceutical counterfeiting, gun trafficking, and coercive CIA interrogations, have won international attention and numerous awards. Her second book, Bottle of Lies: the Inside Story of t.....

11/03/2021

Microbes lurk in the fringes, in consumer products that defy neat compendial pigeon holing and escape rigorous testing. Burkholderia in an aqueous product that’s misted around the room killing people?! Not surprising at all. Would never passed pharma testing. Is it that different than a pulmonary product? Got water? You got microbes.

https://www.consumerreports.org/health-product-recalls/walmart-recalls-better-homes-gardens-aromatherapy-room-spray-a3078352126/

Walmart recalled Better Homes & Gardens-branded Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones as the CDC investigates two deaths. Consumer Reports explains how to stay safe.

11/01/2021

Focus staff participating in the Dunedin, FL township Halloween parade handing out candy and maybe a fright or two ☠️🎃

10/18/2021

Something to make you smile on Monday afternoon and another reason to make Microbiology your career choice;)!!

10/18/2021

We keep expanding and we have now added a second location in Palm Harbor, FL!

Below are some of our capabilities at this new site. We invite you to come visit....because you know...FLORIDA!!:)

FOCUS FL is a microbiology laboratory specializing in environmental monitoring, testing of raw materials, and release testing for both sterile and non-sterile products. Some of our capabilities include USP , USP , USP , USP Preservative effectiveness tests, USP

09/30/2021

The 4th edition of Validation of Pharmaceutical process is coming out this October. Make sure to get your copy because our own Tony Grilli, Owner/President of Focus Labs, wrote the chapter on Validation in the Microbiology Laboratory! It was an honor for Tony to be part of this book and working with Jimmy Agalloco.

09/21/2021

FOCUS did a segment with Univision this summer testing the cleanliness of New York city subways! The results....it's actually pretty good! Fun facts Anthony Grilli is also pretty good at speaking Spanish and that is his son in the video along with Focus employee Lyzbeth Lemus. Great job team!!

Un estudio realizado por Focus Laboratories muestra que “se está haciendo un proceso de desinfección bastante bueno” en el sistema y que en trenes y estaciones hay presencia de algunas bacterias normales y propias de cualquier ambiente. Algunos usuarios del metro también destacaron las labore...

06/16/2021

Shout out to our team members representing FOCUS Laboratories today in Dunedin, FL.
Thank you to for setting up the 1st Beach Clean up day of 2021.
We can't wait for more opportunities to give back!!

06/14/2021

FOCUS Laboratories hosted Northampton Community College students for their Shadow Day. They spent the afternoon seeing what a day in the life is like for employees in a QC Laboratory – scientists, regulatory compliance, sales and marketing, management – all kinds of jobs here, but like most things on earth – it all starts with microbiology