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Issue Highlights
- Best practices for pharma MES installation
- Take part in pharma's economic checkup
- Roche greens an API manufacturing process
Best Practices for Pharma MES Implementation
ProsCon Engineering’s MES specialist Paul Murray offers tips for ensuring the success of pharma MES implementations.
Applying Lean Principles to Facilities and Workplace Design
This complimentary book download, courtesy of Lean and Op Ex implementation consultants Strategos, Inc., presents a comprehensive approach to facilities design, written by company president Quarterman Lee. It doesn’t address FDA-regulated facilities, but still offers insights that can be applied.
Take Capital Investment Survey, Qualify for Gift Card
How do your peers and your competitors view their companies' and the industries' economic health? Which areas were key investment foci for 2006, and what do you think the future will hold? Please take a few minutes to share your views in our 2006 Capital Investment survey. All results will remain confidential and will not be shared with any outside entity, but the first 10 respondents who provide contact information will receive American Express gift cards.
Featured White Paper
Direct Swabbing and Surface Recovery with Ion Trap Mobility Spectrometry
Sponsored by GE Sensing
Ion Trap Mobility Spectrometry (ITMS) is a fast, specific technique for analyzing samples for cleaning validation and verification in the pharmaceutical industry. This paper presents data on the use of this technology for "direct swabbing," or directly sampling and analyzing the equipment of interest. The authors conclude that at-line analysis can boost efficiency in evaluating cleaning results and improving equipment turnaround.
Washington Letter: Steve Barlas on Unit Dose Packaging
A Roche API Process Goes Green: Pollution Prevention Pays
Genzyme on Getting the Most from Smart Sensors and Fieldbus
Did You Miss Our PAT Webcast? No Problem, It's Archived
Leveraging PAT to Achieve Manufacturing Excellence
We know you've got a lot of demands on your time. So even if you couldn't listen in on Tuesday, you can still hear Pankaj Mohan, director of process engineering at Genentech and former global process engineering leader at Eli Lilly, discuss lessons he’s learned applying PAT to pharma and biopharma applications.
New Products
Flush-mount Enclosures Keep Contaminants at Bay
IP 69K-Rated Control Units Suited to Hygienic Applications
Coming Events
IQPC's Risk Management in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Oct. 23-25, Boston, Mass.
AAPS (Amer. Assn. of Pharmaceutical Scientists) Annual Meeting
Oct. 29-Nov. 2, San Antonio, Texas
ISPE (Int'l. Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers) Annual Meeting
Nov. 5-8, Orlando, Fla.
5th Annual Contract Manufacturing for Pharmaceuticals
Nov. 28-30, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Complimentary 800 Page Sensors Catalog from Pepperl+Fuchs
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