Filtration and Filling Seminar - Spain and Portugal
Aspects of process and contamination risk management – You are invited!
We are pleased to invite you to the Merck filtration and filling seminar, to be held in Spain and Portugal.
During this seminar our experts will focus on the qualitative standards of sterilizing grade filters, on the design of single-use filling solutions and on validation case studies.
You will have the opportunity to share scientific knowledge and network with peers to gain insights into latest industry trends and innovations in pharmaceutical filtration and filling. Space is limited, register now!
November 8, 2016Hotel VillamadridCalle Xaudaró, 2 28034 Madrid, Spain Register Now |
November 9, 2016FADPl. de les Glòries Catalanes, 37-38 (Edifici Disseny Hub Barcelona) 08018 Barcelona, Spain Register Now |
November 10, 2016Hotel Tivoli OrienteAv. Dom João II, 27 Parque das Nações 1990-083 Lisbon, Portugal Register Now |
The following topics will be discussed:
- Contamination risk management in sterile filtration: key design features and release tests of sterilizing grade filters
- Performing a filter integrity test: when, how and why
- Sterility assurance, holes and leaks, product alteration: mitigate the risk when using single-use assemblies
- Filter validation case studies
- Poster session and product exhibition
Agenda
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Welcome |
| 9:45 – 10:15 | From membrane to end user – Key design features of sterilizing grade membrane manufacturing |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Sterilizing grade filters – Consistency and integrity assurance |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Panel discussion |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee break and poster session |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | Single-use in final filling – Process design and quality considerations |
| 12:15 – 12:45 | Implication of filter integrity testing in aseptic processing |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch and poster session |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Pre-use post-sterilization filter integrity testing (PUPSIT) - An update on the debate |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Panel discussion |
| 15:15 – 16:00 | Patient safety evaluation – A case study |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Q&A and closing remarks |
* Agenda subject to change. Attendance of the Filtration and filling seminar ("Aspects of process and contamination risk management") is limited and available to pharma/biopharma manufacturers and academics only. The offer does not extend to any company that provides products or services to the pharma/biopharma industries. Merck reserves the right to revoke or refuse participation at any time. Attendance is free, though registration is required. Lunch and coffee breaks are provided courtesy of Merck. Travel costs and hotel accommodation are at the expense of the attendees.