Package Inspection Featured Articles

41. What's Behind The ASTM E3263 Standard Revision? 1/17/2023

    ASTM has published the revision of ASTM E3263 Standard Practice For Qualification Of Visual Inspection Of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment And Medical Devices For Residues. This article, written by the ASTM revision team, explains the reasons behind the revision and delves into the key updates.

42. Strategies For Developing And Manufacturing Highly Potent Compounds 1/4/2023

    Explore why it is important to classify HPAPIs, how they are evaluated, how HPAPI facilities are qualified, and strategies to ensure containment and safety when handling HPAPIs.

43. Optimizing Package Integrity Operations For Multiproduct CDMO Facilities 12/5/2022

    How can a CDMO optimize operations in a multiproduct facility while also ensuring their package integrity testing technology can meet the needs of pharma manufacturers and their products?

44. Frequent Deficiencies In GMP Inspections, Part 1 11/14/2022

    It is sometimes astonishing how often pharmas and biotechs "commit" similar or even the same GMP mistakes — in (almost) always the same places. Here are two of the most common pitfalls to avoid: inadequate handling of deviations and inadequate handling of changes.

45. How CDMOs Can Avoid Package Integrity Recalls Through Sustainable Compliance 9/6/2022

    CDMOs can help drive sustainable compliance for their customers by understanding what questions they should ask to identify the right container closure integrity testing method for their customers’ products.

46. What CDMOs Should Know About Container Closure Integrity Testing 8/30/2022

    What do CDMOs need to know about container closure integrity testing and the solutions available that will help protect products and drive quality?

47. Factory/Site Acceptance Testing & Commissioning Responsibilities 2/22/2022

    Execution of factory acceptance testing (FAT) and site acceptance testing (SAT) is a business-critical activity when it comes to commissioning of a new system or equipment. FAT is conducted at the equipment manufacturer’s site and SAT is conducted at the final site of installation. This article shares best practices.

48. FDA Proposes Inspection Of Injectable Products For Visible Particulates 2/1/2022

    FDA and CDER have released a draft guidance addressing the development and implementation of a holistic, risk-based approach to visible particulate control incorporating product development, manufacturing controls, visual inspection, particulate identification, investigation, and corrective actions. The public comment period ends Feb. 15, 2022.

49. Vaccine Manufacturing: Harnessing Lab Deviations 9/8/2021

    For National Immunization Awareness Month, we're highlighting timely vaccine manufacturing-centric content such as this from Tunnell Consulting's Bob Johnson. The presence of deviations may seem inevitable, yet COVID has brought to light the question of how vaccine manufacturing sites can manufacture more vaccines, more efficiently. This article explains how.

50. How To Find & Manage Biotech Consultants Effectively 9/6/2021

    The roles being filled by biotech consultants have grown considerably, as companies are becoming more familiar with working with consultants and more people are interested in pursuing a consultant career. But how do we find good consultants, and how do we ensure that our consultants are as committed and engaged as our full-time employees? Here's how to accomplish that.