Founder And President
CurrentMarsha Steed is a well known microbiology expert with over 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. Marsha is a United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Microbiology Expert Committee (MEC) member and chair of the USP MEC Sterility Assurance and Microbial Control subcommittee. Marsha has been an active member of the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) for over 25 years and currently serves on the Advanced Therapeutics Medicinal Products (ATMP) Advisory Board and is a former member of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) and the Educational Advisory Board (EAB). Marsha has lead PDA Technical Report (TR) teams, contributed to TR content and served as chair and member of multiple PDA industry conferences and events. Marsha has a passion for microbiology and loves consulting, mentoring, and educating industry on anything and everything Microbiology!Steed MicroBio, LLC offers microbiology consulting and training expertise with a focus on sterility assurance. Marsha offers consulting and education services to meet your compliance needs. Custom microbiology/sterility assurance training can be created to meet your needs. Consulting focus areas include:Contamination Control Strategy (CCS) DevelopmentAnnex 1 Compliance SupportMicrobial Risk Assessment FacilitationMicrobial Data Deviation (MDD) Investigation SupportDevelopment of Environmental Monitoring (EM) ProgramsEM Risk Assessment FacilitationFacility Design Review/SupportMicrobial Testing SupportAseptic Process Simulation (APS) supportFailed APS Investigation SupportAuditingCDMO oversight support