Ingo Spreitzer, PhD Paul-Ehrlich-Institut

Dr. Ingo Spreitzer is working for the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut as the deputy head of Section 1/3 Microbiological Safety. He is specialized in Pyrogen- and Endotoxin-Testing, and works as the current Chair of the Endotoxin Working Party together with the European Pharmacopeia. During his PhD-research on immune-activating components of bacteria (Prof. Thomas Hartung) Dr. Spreitzer was introduced to the world of Pyrogen testing. He started at the PEI in 2001, his duties are drug QC by BET (all methods), Pyrogen testing (rabbit pyrogen test until 2014, now replaced by MAT), assessment and the exploration of new methods. He was a member of the EDQM MAT-Working Party since 2001. In 2010 the MAT was introduced into the Ph.Eur. Since 2013 he is the Chair of the BET-Working Party, which now covers MAT, BET and rFC. Finally in 2020 rFC was introduced into the Ph.Eur. In June 2021 the Ph. Eur. announced to completely replace the RPT by MAT or BET within the next 5 years.