Glove Selection for Controlled Environments
Changing or upgrading cleanroom gloves requires time and due consideration. Personnel should consider various criteria to choose the best glove for their cleanroom.
>>Coming Soon: To learn how continuous-flow microstructured equipment can improve scale-up, look for Pharmaceutical Technology’s forthcoming CPhI/ICSE supplement.
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The redesigned ViscoMist spray nozzle from Lechler (St. Charles, IL) incorporates features that reduce the chance for fluid to drip when the nozzle is not in use.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific’s (Waltham, MA) Versette liquid handler offers 19 interchangeable pipetting-head options ranging from one to 384 channels. |
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Chemsultants International, Inc.
Chemsultants International provides a complete range of services related to adhesives, coatings, labels, tapes, and packaging material applications.
We have an A2LA accredited laboratory offering development, research, and product testing services to many international test methods. We operate 3 pilot coating lines that are available for development programs, and toll coating.
Chemsultants International, Inc. 9079 Tyler Boulevard Mentor, Ohio 44060 440-974-3080 FAX 440-974-3081 info@chemsultants.com
www.chemsultants.com
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Despatch Industries Sells Highly Uniform Custom Thaw Chamber
Despatch Industries, has sold multiple custom thawing chambers used for thawing bags of frozen liquid under very controlled conditions in a pharmaceutical production line. Typically a water bath is used for this application. The main advantage of the thawing chamber over a water bath is that the possibility of cross contamination from leaking bags is eliminated.
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Kavon Filters
Fluid-bed dryer bags Kavon provides custom replacement fluid-bed dryer bags for US and European equipment models. The bags are appropriate for wet granulation, dry filtration, and wet and dry coating applications. The company offers flexible 1–4-bag systems in various fabrics choices and also repairs bags. Kavon Filter Products, Kavon Filter Products, Wall Township, NJ &brkbar; www.kavonfilter.com &brkbar; tel. 732.938.3135
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Four Ply Silicone Hose
Flexible platinum-cured silicone hose is clean room manufactured and meets USP Class VI, FDA, NSF-51, ISO, 3-A, and European Pharmacopoeia standards. The durable hose handles pressure or discharge applications. Resists temperature extremes, chemical attack, radiation, and environmental exposure. Also available with steel wire reinforcement for added kink resistance. AdvantaPure®
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Fail-safe Continuous Monitoring Systems
for Critical & GxP Environments
• Easy-to-use software with secure audit trail and 21 CFR Part 11 compliant reporting;
• Sensors equipped with on-board power and memory to ensure gap-free data;
• Scalable from one to 1000+ locations — on your existing network and with customizable connectivity.
Learn more at:
www.vaisala.com/veriteq
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- 3M’s (St. Paul, MN) Integrated Dose by Dose Counter provides patients with an accurate count of how much medication remains in their inhaler.
- The space-saving multilane parts feeder from the Arthur G. Russell Company (Bristol, CT) uses a VibroBlock feeder to achieve customized product handling with a compact system that meets the criteria for projects requiring high output within a limited floor space.
- The eATM tManager module from Online Development (Knoxville, TN) provides a reliable method to exchange data between factory-floor machines connected to Schneider Electric computers to populate manufacturing execution systems and other data-intensive applications.
- Fritsch’s (Idar-Oberstein, Germany) ANALYSETTE 22 NanoTec particle sizer offers a measuring range of 10 nm to 2000 µm.
- LifeConEx (Plantation, FL) has launched its upgraded LifeTrack 2.0 platform, which is dedicated to end-to-end cold chain management of the supply chain for all modes of transportation.
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- Aug. 26–27: Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Quality Control Laboratories—A Regulatory Compliance Primer (King of Prussia, PA). This course will provide participants with an understanding of how to effectively handle out-of-specification results, deviations, laboratory investigations, and corrective and preventive actions.
- Sept. 10–12: Challenges in Tablet Manufacturing and QC/QA (St. Charles, MO). This three-day course was developed using the latest techniques, theories, and processes to train individuals involved with the design, formulation, manufacture, quality control, and quality assurance of pharmaceutical tablets.
- Sept. 13–16: 2010 PDA/FDA Joint Regulatory Conference (Washington, DC). Speakers from the US Food and Drug Administration will provide updates on the current state of efforts affecting the development of global regulatory strategies. Industry professionals from leading pharmaceutical companies will present case studies about how they employ global strategies in their daily processes.
- Sept. 14–15: Extractables and Leachables for Pharmaceutical Products 2010 (London). This conference provides an opportunity to learn about the latest developments from industry practitioners and working groups while networking with manufacturers, suppliers, and regulators from across the global pharmaceutical industry.
- Sept. 29–30: Biobusiness Network (Geneva). This two-day conference provides networking and private-partnering meetings for the leading companies in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. Attendees will be able to find out firsthand about the latest partnering opportunities.
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