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A justified process for cleaning and disinfection

A justified process for cleaning and disinfection

Is a separate and distinct cleaning step always needed before disinfection? STERIS' Walid El Azab explains the scientific approach for choosing the appropriate method for cleanrooms and non-contact product surfaces
US market report: Flexing the muscle

US market report: Flexing the muscle

Big ticket R&D projects in biopharma are the main driver of business for cleanroom solution providers in the US. The need for particle-free manufacturing spaces adds to the optimism in the market
A recipe for materials handling facility design

A recipe for materials handling facility design

Pharma companies planning an oral solid dose production facility are challenged by different options for the layout. Richard Lockwood, Pharmaceutical Business Line Director, Matcon, explains the considerations for a materials handling area
Adopting cleanroom technology for safer medicinal cannabis

Adopting cleanroom technology for safer medicinal cannabis

PAC's Mitch Walleser explores the building materials in hyper-clean grow rooms improving medical cannabis yield
How-to guide: Pass box qualification

How-to guide: Pass box qualification

Material transfer equipment plays an important role in minimising contamination risks during the manufacturing process. Industry expert, Jesus Casas, gives an overview of available pass boxes and a step-by-step explanation on how to qualify them appropriately
Particle counter management for better data integrity and reliability

Particle counter management for better data integrity and reliability

Jason Kelly, VP of Services, Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions, reveals the best housekeeping methods that users of particle counters can apply to help mitigate against loss of data integrity and accuracy
Cleanroom suitability: Making it right for the process

Cleanroom suitability: Making it right for the process

Joachim Ludwig, Colandis CEO, explains what it takes to determine the compatibility of machinery, supplies and tools for use in a cleanroom given air cleanliness required by ISO 14644
Air filtration to the test

Air filtration to the test

Camfil’s Alan Sweeney looks at the benefits that the new global standard ISO 16890 brings to clean processing environments and why companies should incorporate the norm into SOPs
An eco-friendly solution to microbial contamination

An eco-friendly solution to microbial contamination

The world-first 100% mineral antimicrobial technology is the brainchild of Pylote, the French chemistry specialist. The breakthrough delivers an effective answer to the prevention of surface microbial contamination that is good for the environment
Clean cleaving in the nanofab

Clean cleaving in the nanofab

A new tool offers nanofabrication staff a cost-efficient process for wafer downsizing and preparing samples in the cleanroom without compromising the cleanliness of the production space or the wafers
Pseudalert: A one-day test method for P. aeruginosa

Pseudalert: A one-day test method for P. aeruginosa

Pseudalert is a method powered by a unique bacterial enzyme detection technology that provides confirmed results in 24 hours. Developed by IDEXX to be carried out onsite healthcare settings, it has become the ISO standard for water quality, detection and enumeration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Injectable drugs: Stability, sterility and shelf life boost with flexible packaging

Injectable drugs: Stability, sterility and shelf life boost with flexible packaging

Pharma companies are turning to flexible structures for packaging injectable medicines due to new technology provides improved stability, sterility and shelf life over the glass counterpart. Robin Van Landeghem explains
A bold move to handle HPAPIs

A bold move to handle HPAPIs

Amadeo Ferreira, R&D Manager at Minakem, explains the design of its new manufacturing plant in Belgium featuring a containment strategy that protects both the product and the staff
Fix for sterilising high-viscosity fluids

Fix for sterilising high-viscosity fluids

Filtration can be an effective means of sterilising high-viscosity formulations using hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC). Pall Corporation and Nippon Soda provide guidance concerning the selection of types of filter media and injectable grade HPC
Laundered mops: A question of performance

Laundered mops: A question of performance

The properties that make a microfibre product a good cleaning tool also make it nearly impossible to be cleaned. Karen Rossington investigates this paradox and sheds light on the benefit of choosing the single-use alternative
Containment strategy for highly potent API manufacturing

Containment strategy for highly potent API manufacturing

The continued proliferation of HPAPI molecules means pharmaceutical companies, and their development manufacturing partners, must implement efficient and detailed procedures for containment. Maurits Janssen, Lonza Pharma & Biotech, explains

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