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Pharmaceutical Microbiology East Coast
April 27 - April 28, 2022
Pharmaceutical Microbiology East Coast

SAE Media Group’s 5th Annual Conference
Pharmaceutical Microbiology East Coast
April 27-28 2022 | Boston, USA
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Microbiology remains an essential tool in reducing microbial growth in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, to detect and eliminate microorganisms that would pose a risk to patients and jeopardise product batches.


Ensuring the sterility of the finished product continues to be one of the most critical aspects of drug development, however an array of factors are also sustaining new growth and transformation in this field. The regulatory landscape is changing, firstly with the preparation of Annex I, in addition to increasing requirements pertaining to data integrity. Light is being shed on recent product recalls for mould contamination, and infection outbreaks serve as a reminder to pay more attention to these overlooked organisms, as well as considerations towards container closure integrity testing which is being increasingly deployed to block microbe movement.


On top of this, the developing integration of automation and robotics into the manufacturing pipeline, as well as the increased need for more rapid microbiology methods brought about in part by the surge in ATMPs, are all highlighting the necessity of the field in Pharma.
This industry is ever expanding -- join leading experts in 2022 to discuss and analyse the latest advances and challenges surrounding Pharmaceutical Microbiology. Network with industry professionals, discuss revisions in regulatory and guidance documents, and gain a deeper insight into this corner of the field.


To register your interest or to get involved please contact: eshambler@SAE Media Group-online.co.uk
 

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Alison Laughlin

Alison Laughlin

Associate Director, Regional Quality NA & Sterility Process Assurance, Boehringer Ingelheim
Dawn Watson

Dawn Watson

Director, Microbial Control, MSD
Donald Singer

Donald Singer

Chair, General Chapters - Microbiology Expert Committee, Ecolab
Donald Singer

Donald Singer

Senior Microbiology Technical Consultant, North America, and Chair, USP General Chapters- Microbiology Expert Committee, Ecolab & US Pharmacopeia
Fred Ohsiek

Fred Ohsiek

Sr Validation Manager instead of Sr Global Technical Manager, Novo Nordisk
Hilary Chan

Hilary Chan

Principal Quality Control Scientist, Takeda
Jim Polarine

Jim Polarine

Senior Technical Service Manager, Head of Microbiology & Sterile Technology, STERIS Corporation
John Arigo

John Arigo

Director, Division of Microbiology Assessment , Office of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Assessment / FDA
Lena J Hoch

Lena J Hoch

Microbiologist Specialist, Quality Control Microbiology - Projects, GSK
Lynne Ensor

Lynne Ensor

Vice President, RCS Head of Global Compliance, Parexel International
Mauro Giusti

Mauro Giusti

Senior Director, Site External Network, Eli Lilly Italia
Michael Song

Michael Song

Associate Director, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Veronika Wills

Veronika Wills

Manager, Technical Services, Associates of Cape Cod
Yoko Nakai

Yoko Nakai

Rapid Microbiological Method RMM Research Group Representative, PDA Japan chapter

Alison Laughlin

Associate Director, Regional Quality NA & Sterility Process Assurance, Boehringer Ingelheim
Alison Laughlin

Alison Laughlin is the Associate Director of North America Regional Quality & Global Sterility Process Assurance for the Animal Health Division of Boehringer Ingelheim. She has over 25 years of technical expertise in sterility assurance, environmental monitoring, and microbiological testing of sterile pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and medical devices. Her expertise includes leading root cause investigations for complex microbiological issues and improving regulatory compliance and product quality. She currently develops divisional policies and procedures and provides quality support to the North America Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health division sites and sterility assurance support to the global sites. Her prior roles included leadership positions in the Microbiology Laboratories at Baxter Healthcare, Hospira, and Wyeth. Alison holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Rutgers University, New Jersey.

Dawn Watson

Director, Microbial Control, MSD
Dawn Watson


Dawn is a Director supporting Microbial Control at MSD. She works in the Sterile & Validation Center of Excellence managing a team that leads and executes global initiatives targeted to proactively address quality and compliance risks in the sterile and low bioburden network while driving continuous improvement. Additionally, her team provides microbial contamination control and sterile manufacturing expertise to resolve critical production issues, develop innovative solutions, and ensure network alignment with industry and regulatory expectations. She is an active member in the Parenteral Drug Association and BioPhorum Operations Group. She has 26 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, specifically focused on sterile and low bioburden products including vaccines, therapeutic proteins and small molecules. She is trained and certified in Six Sigma and Change Management. She has held positions in validation, manufacturing and research and development throughout her career with MSD.
 

Donald Singer

Senior Microbiology Technical Consultant, North America, and Chair, USP General Chapters- Microbiology Expert Committee, Ecolab & US Pharmacopeia
Donald Singer

Don Singer is Senior Microbiology Technical Consultant, N.A. for Ecolab, and a Fellow in the American Society for Quality. Don is currently Chair of the USP Microbiology Committee of Experts and has been a member of this committee since 2000. Don is a member of the European Pharmacopeia Group 1 Microbiology Committee. He is also chair of the PDA Task Force for the revision of Technical Report titled, “Pharmaceutical Package Integrity Testing”, and was co-author of the TR “Exclusion of Objectionable Microorganisms”. He is a Certified Specialist Microbiologist (NRCM) and Certified Pharmaceutical GMP Professional (ASQ), and a former Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner. Don’s career spans over 40 years of research, quality control, quality assurance experience in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, personal care, cosmetic, and food industries. Currently Don is also an adjunct instructor in the Biopharmaceutical Quality graduate program at University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Fred Ohsiek

Sr Validation Manager instead of Sr Global Technical Manager, Novo Nordisk
Fred Ohsiek

Fred Ohsiek is the Sr Cleaning Validation Specialist for Novo Nordisk in Clayton, NC. He earned his bachelor’s in chemistry from University of South Florida. His professional work experience includes 7 years of R&D performing enzymatic digestion, ultrafiltration and fermentation on citrus peel while working for the USDA and over 20 years of cleaning validation while working for Catalent Pharma Solutions, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Ben Venue Laboratories, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Astellas Pharma Technologies Bayer (biotech division), and Novo Nordisk.
His cleaning validation experience includes risk assessments, cleaning development, validation, and monitoring cleaning processes for equipment used to manufacture small molecule [oral dose (solid and liquid) and parenteral], peptide hormone encased (parenteral), and large molecule (biotech) pharmaceutical, OTC, and nutritional products. The scope of his work involved drug substance and drug product manufacturing start-up, remediation, legacy justification, and increasing manufacturing capability. He has created lean CV strategies for document structure/flow and execution in every aspect of the cleaning validation process.
He was one of the authors on the new ISPE Guide: Cleaning Validation Lifecycle – Applications, Methods, and Controls and the cleaning validation acceptance criteria chapter lead.

Hilary Chan

Principal Quality Control Scientist, Takeda
Hilary Chan

Hilary Chan is a Principal Quality Control Scientist in Global Microbiology Management at Takeda and is based out of Lexington, MA. In her current role, Hilary is responsible for leading various technical improvement initiatives related to microbiological issues/contamination control for Takeda’s global manufacturing operations. She is a business process owner for environmental monitoring as well as a contamination control community of practice network lead for Takeda. She is an invited speaker at industry conferences and has authored various scientific publications. Hilary has over 20 years of experience in the biotech industry and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from Colorado State University and a Master’s degree in Biomedical Science from Northeastern University.

Jim Polarine

Senior Technical Service Manager, Head of Microbiology & Sterile Technology, STERIS Corporation
Jim Polarine

Mr. Polarine is a senior technical service manager at STERIS Corporation. He has been with STERIS Corporation for twenty years. His current technical focus is microbial control in cleanrooms and other critical environments. Mr. Polarine is a 2019 PDA Michael S. Korczynski Award recipient. He has lectured in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Latin America on issues related to cleaning and disinfection, microbial control in cleanrooms and validation of disinfectants. Mr. Polarine is a frequent industry speaker and published several PDA book chapters and articles related to cleaning and disinfection and contamination control. He is active on the PDA’s COVID-19 Task Force and the PDA’s Microbial Excursions Task Force. He was a co-author on PDA’s Technical Report #70 on Cleaning and Disinfection. Mr. Polarine teaches industry regulators as well as the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries at the PDA and the University of Tennessee. Mr. Polarine currently teaches the cleaning and disinfection course as part of the PDA Aseptic Processing Course, IEST, and at the University of Tennessee Parenteral Medications Course. Mr. Polarine is the current President for the PDA Missouri Valley Chapter and Technical Coordinator for the IEST. He is also a leader on the PDA’s Chapter Council Steering Committee. Mr. Polarine graduated from the University of Illinois with a Master of Arts in Biology. He previously worked as a clinical research manager with the Department of Veterans Affairs in St. Louis, MO and as a biology and microbiology instructor at the University of Illinois. His main hobby is storm chasing and is very active in tornado research and tornado safety.

John Arigo

Director, Division of Microbiology Assessment , Office of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Assessment / FDA
John Arigo

Dr. Arigo is the Director of the Division of Microbiology 1 in the Office of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Assessment at the FDA. His division assesses the sterility assurance and manufacturing submissions to support ANDA, NDA, and INDs. He began his career with the Office of Generic Drugs Microbiology team in 2008 and has been involved in multiple reorganizations to the current state. Dr. Arigo obtained his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Kate Young

Manager, QA Specialist - Vector CMOs, Bristol Myers Squibb
Kate Young

Lena J Hoch

Microbiologist Specialist, Quality Control Microbiology - Projects, GSK
Lena J Hoch

Lena J Hoch is a Microbiologist Specialist with GlaxoSmithKline in Pennsylvania where she has held various positions over the past six years specializing in microbiology and supporting quality control. Prior to these roles, she attended University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and earned a BS in Biology with minors in Microbiology and Humanities. She is a subject matter expert for GSK's Quality Control Microbiology department and currently specializes in low endotoxin recovery and project management activities.

Lynne Ensor

Vice President, RCS Head of Global Compliance, Parexel International
Lynne Ensor

Dr. Lynne Ensor is the Vice President, RCS Head of Global Compliance, for Parexel International and has been employed there since August 2019. As a 21-year veteran of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), her areas of expertise include biopharmaceutical sterile product manufacturing and testing (CMC and cGMP), risk assessment and mitigation strategies, data integrity assessment, regulatory policy and guidance development, as well as remediation strategies for product and facility challenges (e.g., resolving consent decrees, warning letters, 483 observations, and drug shortages). While serving as the Deputy Director (Acting) in the Office of Process and Facilities (OPF) within FDA/Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s (CDER) Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ), she was responsible for new, generic and biologic drug product quality review and facility assessment. Dr. Ensor’s previous FDA positions included serving as the Director of the OPF’s Division of Microbiology Assessment, Director of the Office of Pharmaceutical Science’s New and Generic Drug Product Quality Microbiology staff, Director of the Office of Generic Drugs’ Division of Microbiology and as a CDER master CMC reviewer. In addition to Dr. Ensor’s regulatory experience, Lynne was employed at Roche Biomedical Laboratories, served as a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Maryland at Baltimore’s School of Medicine, and served as a script consultant for the Discovery Channel. She earned her B.S. in Biology and Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Mauro Giusti

Senior Director, Site External Network, Eli Lilly Italia
Mauro Giusti

Dr. Mauro Giusti holds a Master Degree in Chemistry at University of Florence, he is Board Certified by National Chemist association and he is Board certified as Technical Director (Qualified Person) by the Italian Minister of Health.
After serving as Army Officer, he joined Eli Lilly at the Italy manufacturing plant site in 1988. Over the 33 years with Eli Lilly, Dr. Giusti has covered several positions within the Lilly Manufacturing organization (Regulatory, Technical Services, Project Management, QC, QA, Operations, Technical Director/Qualified Person, Six Sigma Champion, Science and Technology, Procurement), dealing both with Lilly manufacturing plants as well as with Contract manufacturing in the Europe/Africa/Asia.
Among the several experiences with Lilly, he has worked in USA from 1992 to 1994 and in United Kingdom from 1997 to 1999..
Since late 2003, he has had responsibility for Lilly Italy TSMS (Technical Svcs/Mfg Science Department), with responsibility for Metrology, C&Q of facilities, utilities and equipment, Sterility Assurance, Process Validation, set-up of new manufacturing processes and of new manufacturing technology for Biotech products, including automatic assembly of disposable Insulin pens and Autoinjectors. In September 2009 he also added to his TSMS duties, the responsibility for Manufacturing Sourcing and Vendor Management.
In September 2019 he has taken a new role, as Advisor, Site External Network, dealing with external entities linked to the Lilly Sesto Manufacturing site (Universities, Pharma Associations, etc..) and leading a Lilly Global project for improvement of technical capabilities in Parenteral Manufacturing.
For more than 12 years he has served as a member of the Italy Chapter of PDA, with several participations to national and international forum both as speaker and as chairman. In November 2019 he has been appointed as Co- Chair for he Process Validation Interest Group. In August 2020 he has been appointed to the PDA Science Advisory Board (SAB).
 

Michael Song

Associate Director, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Michael Song

Michael currently is Associate Director of Device Development at Takeda. Prior to his current role he was head of Combination Product Manufacturing at Heron Therapeutics where he led medical device and combination product commercial readiness. Prior to Heron, he formed and led the Device Functionality, Safety and Digital Connectivity group at AstraZeneca where his group oversaw device functionality portion of device development; primary container science and technology; biocompatibility; container closure integrity programs; and digital connectivity. Prior to AstraZeneca, he was head of Device, Package, and Process Engineering at Adello Biologics, a member of Amneal Pharmaceutical. He also has held key engineering lead and toxicology SME positions at Stryker, Kavlico, and other companies. Michael holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and PhD in Neuroscience and Toxicology from Iowa State University.

Veronika Wills

Manager, Technical Services, Associates of Cape Cod
Veronika Wills

Veronika has over 13 years experience in endotoxin testing, and currently manages the global technical team at ACC and is based at ACC’s US Headquarters in East Falmouth, Massachusetts . Veronika is a subject matter expert when it comes to endotoxin testing and often provides expert sessions at global events focused on BET products and processes. Most recently Veronika has been speaking on the topic of recombinant technology as it relates to BET in the industry and abroad. Veronika is a key contributor to ACC’s sustainability initiatives and spokesperson on ACCs related projects, products and services.

Yoko Nakai

Rapid Microbiological Method RMM Research Group Representative, PDA Japan chapter
Yoko Nakai

The GMP Committee for Aseptic Products is one of the technical committees of PDA Japan chapter. It is made up of ten groups, each with experts in their respective fields who are actively engaged in research and discussion. Study results of each group have been reported at annual microbiology symposium which the committee hosted and provided participants state-of-art and practical information.
One of the groups, the Rapid Microbiological Method (RMM) Research Group consists of RMM users (pharmaceutical companies) and RMM system suppliers. By their collaboration, they provide application and implementation case studies from scientific, engineering, and regulatory point of view, and contribute to further improvements of quality and safety of pharmaceutical products by wide use of RMM in Japan.
The speaker, Yoko Nakai represents the GMP Committee for Aseptic Products. She has been a project manager for RMM system development and applications at HORIBA Advanced Techno, Co., Ltd. since 2017. HORIBA has been a member of RMM implementation study team with Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., and Azbil Corporation.
 

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Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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Opening Remarks

Fred Ohsiek, Sr Validation Manager instead of Sr Global Technical Manager, Novo Nordisk

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Session 1

Fred Ohsiek, Sr Validation Manager instead of Sr Global Technical Manager, Novo Nordisk

  • Quick review of regulatory requirements and guidelines 
  • Initial cleaning validation risk assessment
  • Building the CV program using the risk assessment
     
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    Session 2

    Fred Ohsiek, Sr Validation Manager instead of Sr Global Technical Manager, Novo Nordisk

  • Stage 1 cleaning validation documents
  • Stage 2 cleaning validation documents
  • Essential cleaning validation documents
  • Lean CV protocols and execution
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    Morning Coffee

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    Session 3

    Fred Ohsiek, Sr Validation Manager instead of Sr Global Technical Manager, Novo Nordisk

  • Quick review of FDA 2011 Continued Process Verification (CPV) regulatory guidelines
  • In-depth discussion on periodic review, CPV, and dated validation packages
  • Risk-Based approaches to Continued Process Verification
  • Reducing routine monitoring frequency
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    Session 4

    Fred Ohsiek, Sr Validation Manager instead of Sr Global Technical Manager, Novo Nordisk

  • Case study for determining CPV frequency and testing and then reducing frequency
  • Case study for re-validating legacy cleaning processes
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    Closing remarks

    Fred Ohsiek, Sr Validation Manager instead of Sr Global Technical Manager, Novo Nordisk

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    Opening Remarks

    Donald Singer, Chair, General Chapters - Microbiology Expert Committee, Ecolab

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    How Do I Best Use the USP?

    Donald Singer, Chair, General Chapters - Microbiology Expert Committee, Ecolab

  • Monographs and General Notices
  • Benchmarking with General Information
  • Standards, Resource, Teaching Tool
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    Latest Revisions in USP45 and Beyond

    Donald Singer, Chair, General Chapters - Microbiology Expert Committee, Ecolab

  • B. cepacia Test <60>
  • Microbial Tests for Sterile Short Shelf-Life Products <1071>
  • Sterilization topics <1229.16> <1229.17>
  • Guidelines on Bacterial Endotoxins Test <1085>
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    Coffee Break

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    Latest Proposed Revisions in USP PF

    Donald Singer, Chair, General Chapters - Microbiology Expert Committee, Ecolab

  • Tests for ATMPs
  • Microbiology Best Laboratory Practices <1117>
  • Disinfectant Efficacy Testing <1072>
  • Validation of Alternatives for Bacterial Endotoxin Test <1085.1>
  • New Sterilization topics <1229.n>
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    New Activities and Innovative Committee Thinking

    Donald Singer, Chair, General Chapters - Microbiology Expert Committee, Ecolab

  • Controls for Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing
  • Containment and Contamination Control Monitoring
  • Alternative Microbiological Tests and Comparability
  • Will the Real Objectionable Microorganism Stand Up?
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    Closing Remarks

    Donald Singer, Chair, General Chapters - Microbiology Expert Committee, Ecolab

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    Registration & Coffee

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    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Jim Polarine, Senior Technical Service Manager, Head of Microbiology & Sterile Technology, STERIS Corporation

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    Designing an Efficient Disinfectant Efficacy Program

  • Review disinfectant efficacy validation and implementation guidance
  • How to leverage multi-site data to reduce redundancies in validation or verification and to efficiently qualify disinfectants without impacting the quality of the study
  • Case studies will be presented from two companies discussing global disinfectant efficacy studies that support and supplement site disinfectant efficacy programs
  • Hilary Chan, Principal Quality Control Scientist, Takeda

  • Review disinfectant efficacy validation and implementation guidance
  • How to leverage multi-site data to reduce redundancies in validation or verification and to efficiently qualify disinfectants without impacting the quality of the study
  • Case studies will be presented from two companies discussing global disinfectant efficacy studies that support and supplement site disinfectant efficacy programs
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    Implementing a Contamination Control Strategy

    Alison Laughlin, Associate Director, Regional Quality NA & Sterility Process Assurance, Boehringer Ingelheim

  • Elements of a Robust Contamination Control Strategy
  • Best Practices for Implementing a Contamination Control Strategy
  • Documenting the Contamination Control Strategy
  • The Benefits of a Well-Defined Contamination Control Strategy
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    Morning Coffee

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    Legacy Cleaning Validation Concerns and The Solution

    Fred Ohsiek, Sr Validation Manager instead of Sr Global Technical Manager, Novo Nordisk

  • Quick review of regulatory guidelines for maintaining the validated state 
  • Legacy cleaning validation concerns and pitfalls
  • Explore the benefits for re-validating legacy cleaning processes 
  • Tour and examine the re-validation process
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    Recombinant reagents for BET – regulatory landscape and their future in routine use

    Veronika Wills, Manager, Technical Services, Associates of Cape Cod

    • Overview of the types of available recombinant technologies and key differences
    • The regulatory landscape around the use of recombinant reagents as alternatives to LAL reagents
    • Product specific method validation approach
    • The future applications of recombinant reagents
    • Automation of the use of recombinant reagents
     

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    Networking Lunch

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    A Risk Assessment Approach to Address Fungal Spore Contamination in a Cell and Gene Therapy Cleanroom

    Jim Polarine, Senior Technical Service Manager, Head of Microbiology & Sterile Technology, STERIS Corporation

  • Case studies on fungal spore contamination in Cell and Gene Therapy Facilities will be covered
  • Investigative methods including risk assessments, fishbone diagrams and the five why’s will be discussed
  • Technologies for fungal spores’ control and methods to proactively prevent fungal outbreaks will be interactively discussed
  • Industry best practices for cleaning and disinfection of cell and gene therapy facilities will be highlighted
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    Impacts of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the biopharmaceutical industry

    Lynne Ensor, Vice President, RCS Head of Global Compliance, Parexel International

    • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the following areas will be discussed during the presentation:
            o Regulatory Emergency Use Authorizations and Final Approval Process
            o Regulatory Manufacturing Facility Assessment and Inspections
            o Manufacturing Facility Design
            o Supply Chain Integrity Considerations

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    Afternoon Tea

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    Common Issues in The Sterility Assurance Assessment

    John Arigo, Director, Division of Microbiology Assessment , Office of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Assessment / FDA

    • Introduction to FDA small molecule microbiology/ manufacturing
    • Common deficiencies seen in applications
    • Recommendations for applications to expedite approval

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    Microbial control: Risk assessment of traditional culture-based microbiological tests requiring contemporaneous verification

    Lena J Hoch, Microbiologist Specialist, Quality Control Microbiology - Projects, GSK

    The FDA is particularly focused on the data integrity of microbial tests as these often use manual methods that could be open to error or fraud
    • A BioPhorum survey into this area found that more than 50% of members were doing second-person verification of tests to satisfy FDA scrutiny, but did not think the risk was being properly managed
    • The presentation looks at the fundamentals of ensuring microbiological test data integrity and proposes that a qualitative risk assessment is performed for the traditional, culture-based quality control tests that currently require verification by a second person. In addition, lab controls are recommended to ensure that testing is robust
    • One member company applied the risk assessment approach outlined in the paper and was able to remove 12 million second person verification samples from its global testing program. A case study also demonstrated that it is possible to save one to two full time equivalents if the risk-based approach is applied
    • The workstream members are now implementing this approach and sharing both operational experience and feedback at audit. The recommendations outlined are currently being considered for incorporation into an update of USP 1117

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    Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

    Jim Polarine, Senior Technical Service Manager, Head of Microbiology & Sterile Technology, STERIS Corporation

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    Registration & Coffee

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    Chair's Opening Remarks

    Jim Polarine, Senior Technical Service Manager, Head of Microbiology & Sterile Technology, STERIS Corporation

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    Case Study: Expediting Mold Contamination Investigations with the Use of Biofluorescent Particle Counting Technology

    Dawn Watson, Director, Microbial Control, MSD

    • This presentation will provide an overview of the rapid microbiological technology used, specifically BFPC
    • It will provide a case study for the application of BFPC technology to support mold remediation in an aseptic processing facility
    • The presentation will review the benefits and outcomes yielded with use of the BFPC technology to support resolution of an investigation
    • The presentation will provide opportunities for additional use of the BFPC technology to ensure successful return to operation following major shutdowns, facility modifications or breaches

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    Microbiological quality control for pharmaceutical water by Rapid Microbiological Methods (RMM)

    Yoko Nakai, Rapid Microbiological Method RMM Research Group Representative, PDA Japan chapter

    • The GMP Committee for Aseptic Products of the PDA Japan chapter will present case studies applying RMM, for monitoring microbial quality of pharmaceutical water
    • Two different methods are implemented, BFPC (Bio Fluorescent Particle Counter) and high-sensitivity ATP method
    • Discussion will be held based on the data obtained at the pharma factory over several years and the laboratory of the system supplier
    • The case studies will cover setting an action/alert level for achieving GMP operation
     

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    Morning Coffee

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    Steps to eradicate undetected contaminations using bioburden anaerobic testing

    Kate Young

    Kate Young, Manager, QA Specialist - Vector CMOs, Bristol Myers Squibb

  • With no standard optimized testing methods, it is possible for anaerobic contaminants to go undetected in biological manufacturing processes
  • This is a risk that could cause significant disruption to manufacturing processes
  • This presentation outlines testing options using case studies from 6 global pharmaceutical companies, who are members of the BioPhorum Microbial Control workstream
  • The recommendations were vetted via an independent and blinded peer-review process involving other leading industry experts
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    Combination Product Sterility Assurance – A holistic approach from component through manufacturing

    Michael Song, Associate Director, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

    • Developing a holistic container closure integrity (CCI) strategy from component level through manufacturing to finish good
    • Methods and approaches for primary container component selection and qualification
    • Container closure integrity testing (CCIT) to establish robust manufacturing processes
    • Altitude impact on sterile barrier and approaches to demonstrate sterility is maintained during air transportation

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    Networking Lunch

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    Panel Discussion: Assessing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the changing face of the pharmaceutical industry

    • How has the regulation changed in response to the pandemic?
              o Are these changes here to stay?
    • Can operational protocols be implemented in manufacturing facilities to ensure personnel safety and minimise viral transmission?
    • Has the pharmaceutical industry addressed flaws in the supply chain highlighted by the pandemic?
    • Do novel SARS-CoV-2 variants pose a future threat to the industry?
              o How do we best prepare for future outbreaks?

    Jim Polarine, Senior Technical Service Manager, Head of Microbiology & Sterile Technology, STERIS Corporation

    Lynne Ensor, Vice President, RCS Head of Global Compliance, Parexel International

    Donald Singer, Senior Microbiology Technical Consultant, North America, and Chair, USP General Chapters- Microbiology Expert Committee, Ecolab & US Pharmacopeia

    Mauro Giusti, Senior Director, Site External Network, Eli Lilly Italia

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    Isolator technology: from project to operations

    Mauro Giusti, Senior Director, Site External Network, Eli Lilly Italia

    • Sharing experiences on multiple filling lines with Isolator technology
    • Recommendations based on experience
    • Specific case studies during operations
    • Discussion on technology options for the process with sterility assurance implications
     

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    Afternoon Tea

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    Learning to control B. cepacia – A USP perspective

    Donald Singer, Senior Microbiology Technical Consultant, North America, and Chair, USP General Chapters- Microbiology Expert Committee, Ecolab & US Pharmacopeia

    • What have we learned about B. cepacia?
    • The trouble with undefined terminology
    • When to use USP general method <60>
    • What can we learn from USP <1115> to mitigate Bcc problems?
     

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    Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two


    Associate Director, Regional Quality NA & Sterility Process Assurance
    Boehringer Ingelheim
    Director, Microbial Control
    MSD
    Senior Microbiology Technical Consultant, North America, and Chair, USP General Chapters- Microbiology Expert Committee
    Ecolab & US Pharmacopeia
    Sr Validation Manager instead of Sr Global Technical Manager
    Novo Nordisk
    Principal Quality Control Scientist
    Takeda
    Senior Technical Service Manager, Head of Microbiology & Sterile Technology
    STERIS Corporation
    Director, Division of Microbiology Assessment
    Office of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Assessment / FDA
    Manager, QA Specialist - Vector CMOs
    Bristol Myers Squibb
    Microbiologist Specialist, Quality Control Microbiology - Projects
    GSK
    Vice President, RCS Head of Global Compliance
    Parexel International
    Senior Director, Site External Network
    Eli Lilly Italia
    Associate Director
    Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Manager, Technical Services
    Associates of Cape Cod
    Rapid Microbiological Method RMM Research Group Representative
    PDA Japan chapter

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    Speaker Interview - Yoko Nakai, PDA Japan Chapter

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    Associates of Cape Cod

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    CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy, which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and structured. The most common definition is:

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    CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular CPD activities.

    Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to be upheld.

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    There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their members to undertake CPD.

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    CPD Schemes often run over the period of a year and the institutes generally provide online tools for their members to record and reflect on their CPD activities.

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    Professional bodies and Institutes CPD schemes are either structured as ‘Input’ or ‘Output’ based.

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