Hazardous wastes used in testing and research laboratories can cause critical illness, sometimes ending in the loss of life, and can be responsible for detrimental environmental threats when improperly collected or stored.
Every six months, a new edition of Pharma News will be launched and you will be able to follow the daily operations of IWT, which will share all their experience and know-how in washing technologies for the Life Sciences segment.
Welcome Pharma Focus Readers! Below you will find the Pharma Focus Winter 2019 edition, provided from IWT. Click the link to download the full version. Happy Pharma Days! Pharma Focus Edition 2
Today, in line with the evolution of bio-processing techniques to satisfy the concepts on Pharma 4.0, there is heavy emphasis on cell line and expression system improvements. With this background, the demands on bioreactors have become more exacting over recent years, requiring paradigm shifts in manufacturing efficiencies. Continuous optimization, design improvements and characterization of bioreactors are crucial factors placing high demands for innovation in bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing. Therefore, it is inevitable that a focus is placed on new approaches in plant engineering to keep pace with the technological developments of the bio-pharmaceutical industry.
IWT worked to execute an Atorvastatin removal test as the worst-case scenario for a potential new client. The reason for buying a new cleaning system came from failures registered during their own cleaning validation test as a result of the Atorvastatin introduction. In fact, Atorvastatin proved to be resistant to removal due to the high adhesion to the BIN walls, which are used for mixing, with a criticality around the top angles. An integrative test with dihydrate Azithromycin with sugar is requested.
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A critical factor for cell cultivation and subsequent success of clinical trials for stem cell therapy is compliance with any specified temperature setpoints, including those with very narrow tolerance ranges. Find out how this European company (also the world’s first private tissue bank) is safely and effectively producing stem cell-based medicines for clinical trials.
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Today we highlight some great resource articles to help you in your cleaning validation processes.