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FDA Releases Draft CPG on Major Food Allergen Labeling and Cross-Contact

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft update to its Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) for FDA staff on the Agency’s enforcement of major food allergen labeling and cross-contact. By Sophia R. Gaulkin & Riëtte van Laack — On May 16, the U.S.

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2nd Annual Aseptic Processing Conference

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Conference Chairman: James Drinkwater, Head of Aseptic Processing Special Interest Group PHSS and Head of GMP Compliance, F Ziel GMBH. Join us to discuss and address the Guidance and Regulation including the EU GMP Annex 1, environmental control delving into the contamination control strategy, Pharma moving forward 4.0

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Leading Microbiologists to meet at SMi’s 10th Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology Conference

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The theme of the event is ‘Exploring Agile Contamination Control Strategy’, where the two-day conference will be co-chaired by James Drinkwater, Head of Aseptic Processing Technologies & GMP Compliance, F Ziel GmbH and Jim Polarine, Senior Technical Service Manager, STERIS Corporation. Workshop B 13.30 – 17.30

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Outsourcing Biologics Fill Finish Manufacturing : Streamlining the Production Process for Biopharmaceutical Companies

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Additionally, the fill finish manufacturing of biologics is a critical step in the production of biopharmaceuticals as it requires well-equipped facilities with adequate sterile filling and packaging lines to ensure sterility of the product while filling into the final containers.

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It’s About Time: FDA’s Proposed Rule to Amend Prior Notice Regulations

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food supply is safe by shifting the focus of federal regulators from responding to contamination to preventing it. As a result, FDA cannot monitor, locate, inspect, and if needed, contain any shipment that has been identified as a possible public health or bioterrorism risk.

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BioNTech Unveils the BioNTainer, a Modular mRNA Vaccine Factory to Help Production in Africa

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The BioNTainer is housed in shipping containers equipped with state-of-the-art technology for producing the mRNA vaccines from start to finish, except for the final fill-and-finish step that will be performed by local manufacturing partners. Each module contains six standard sized containers, which measure 2.6

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OPQ’s 2022 Report Shows the Global Task of Ensuring Quality

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Table: Inventory Shift Over FY2018-FY2022 for Countries (Greater Than 50 Sites) Drug Products In addition to a catalog of manufacturing sites, OPQ reports that CDER also keeps a drug product catalog that contains over 140,000 entries. CGMP deviations caused 56 recalls, and excipient manufacturers performed 51 recalls due to contamination.