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    focusFOSTER WHEELER S PHARMACEUTICALS BUSINESS MAGAZINE

    ISSUE 6

    Focus on containment

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    FOCUS ON CONTAINMENT

    As a change from the norm, this issue of focus is given over to a single topic.

    The protection of operators and the environment has always been a priority forthe pharmaceutical industry. The production of active materials in smallerquantities with much higher potency is driving an increasing number ofmanufacturers of bulk drug substances and final dosage forms to examine their

    containment options. The increasingly risk-based regulatory framework and developmentsin containment technology are driving changes to the design and operation ofcontainment devices.

    At Foster Wheeler we have gained considerable cutting-edge, practical experiencein devising and supplying containment solutions, to the point where we have beenselected as global containment consultants by one of our key multinational customers.

    As part of our ongoing quality improvement program we recently held an informationexchange forum on containment to which we invited a number of clients, to share ourjoint experiences based on real-life case studies and a wide range of projects. Thecontents of this focus issue are based on that event, an idea that the participants activelyencouraged us to repeat in other technical areas.

    Clive MullinsGlobal business director

    The Containment Forum held in Milano was a very valuable experience.

    Bringing together industry expertise from both engineering and operating companies inan informal setting to share non-proprietary knowledge and experiences allowed foropen discussion and debate as to good engineering practices relative to containmentsystem design.

    I believe all involved gained some knowledge which will be applied to the improvementof future installations.

    Paul Richards

    Project & technology engineerPfizer Global Research and Development

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    setting the scene

    Why is containment important?When considering containment there are multiple

    drivers. The mix of critical factors will change

    application-by-application, and the solutions will

    vary accordingly. This leads to a very complex

    subject and Paul Richards of Pfizer addresses

    this range of solutions on page 9. Typically,

    drivers will include operational hygiene for

    operator protection, plant safety, product

    quality, reduced environmental impact, and

    operational improvement.

    The operational health impacts on the operator

    can be very serious. The use of personal

    protective equipment has been shown to be

    poorly effective in practice and its use for routine

    operations has been discouraged by regulation.

    All of this drives us to ensure better protection

    for the operator. Pam Davison, in describing

    GSKs forward strategy, addresses this area

    on page 5.

    Safety is, of course, dominant, for example in

    handling materials in an inert environment. Theprime interest of the pharmaceutical product

    regulators is patient safety, via the quality of the

    medicinal product, and containment has to

    prevent contamination or cross-contamination

    of this product. As well as the internal plant

    environment we are interested in preventing

    material escaping to the external environment.

    For some compounds, operator health may not

    be an issue but potentially there could be

    significant external environmental impact.

    Recent changesPharmaceutical companies tend to specialise in certain therapeutic

    areas, and the activity of their compounds reflects that. We see the

    need to handle increasingly active compounds. We also see new

    guidance, for example for cytotoxics, and the need to transfer

    techniques from other industries such as the nuclear industry.

    The pharmaceutical industry is now prepared to learn to SWIPE,

    (Steal With Integrity and PridE) from other industries. Huw Thomas

    describes what others are doing in dose form manufacture,

    page 10. David Ainsworth covers the need to treat the

    commissioning and qualification of facilities for nanogram

    containment differently on page 11.

    We are also seeing production of smaller quantities of materials, partly

    due to their activity, and partly due to demand. This is changing the

    associated method of containment and is addressed in

    Nanocontainment and Small Scale Manufacture by Marco

    Mascarenhas on page 3.

    We are seeing an increase in the need to contain not only powders but

    also aerosols potentially generated in liquid filling. Germana Molinari

    gives a review of fill-finish design on page 7, and David Ainsworth

    looks at a case study at a Janssen highly potent powder handling

    unit (Facility of the Year Finalist 2006) on page 8.

    Other changes involve increasing use of new solutions such as flexible

    plastic, and increased use of gloveboxes. Huw Thomas, page 6, and

    Emilio Moia, page 4, address these two areas respectively.

    The use of risk assessments in many areas of life has become an

    everyday subject. In the pharmaceutical industry they are embodied in

    much guidance, now reinforced by ICH Q9. Their use in containment

    occurs both at macro and micro levels and John Nichols discusses

    this in an article on hierarchy and risk-based approaches on page 2.

    What is

    containment?If an overall manufacturing facility consists of three components pharmaceutical material, personnel, and the environment surrounding

    them containment is the isolation of the first of these components from

    the other two. ISPE

    A KEY TECHNOLOGY AREA IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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    An holistic approachThe containment chapter of the draft ISPE BPC Baseline

    Guide, to be issued in 2007, recommends

    a similar holistic approach to that adopted for HSE, following the steps below in sequential order to

    alleviate an exposure potential wherever possible:

    Selection of containment elementsValues for the containment obtainable under typical operating conditions for an average material with

    good operating practice (as illustrated on the enclosed reference card) can be used as guidance for

    potential protection. However, all factors should be taken into account in selecting equipment for

    a specific application.

    There is potential for improving the performance of standard equipment by adding additional layers

    of protection, such as illustrated on the card by a downflow booth with several typical upgrades.

    Risk assessmentRisk assessment using a variety of tools is a widely-used technique. With the issue of ICH Q9, andthe ISPE RiskMAPP initiative, its use in pharmaceutical containment has been reinforced. Ranking the

    exposure potential enables a better choice of an appropriate methodology for containment equipment

    selection, taking into account particular circumstances.

    Foster Wheeler has developed a method for assessing the risk from widely different operations and

    has used it for a number of projects to identify highest-risk operations and to prioritise upgrade work.

    focus

    holisticviewTHE HIERARCHICAL APPROACH TO CONTAINMENT

    Successful containment requires an holistic approach:development of the correct strategy, selection ofcontainment elements by their capability for typical

    operations and a risk assessment technique for rankingthe exposure potential.

    ISPE Baseline Approach:Hierarchy of Containment

    Modify process to remove hazard

    Sealed equipment and connections

    Localized containment devices

    Contain in the facility

    Use of procedures

    Eliminate

    Reduce

    Isolate

    Contain

    PPE/Discipline

    JOHN NICHOLS

    John NicholsGlobal technology director

    HSE Approach

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    nano-containmentEXTREME POTENCY AT A SMALL SCALE

    Firstly, the increasing activity or potency of active

    pharmaceutical ingredients for certain therapeutic areas

    has warranted some materials being given an occupationalexposure level (OEL) of the order of 5-10 nanogram/m3

    (plutonium is 0.1 nanogram/m3).

    Secondly, some compounds are being manufactured in ever-

    decreasing quantities, with some annual production quantities

    of less than 1 kg, and we have even seen an instance of annual

    production of about 0.1 kg.

    These trends clearly impact on the design of pharmaceutical

    facilities and equipment, and especially containment.

    Established technology uses glovebox isolators with

    rapid transfer ports and measures to reduce the

    internal challenge to achieve the required containment.

    Glovebox isolators are the chosen solution for small-scale nanogram operation and some standard units

    are available from suppliers. Establishing the right

    technology is driven by analysis using risk

    assessment, and by custom and practice.

    A recent project executed by Foster Wheeler for

    a cytotoxic API involved the whole non-aseptic

    cytotoxic production - including weighing/dispensing,

    solution preparation, reaction, crystallization, filtering,

    drying and weighing/filling - taking place inside one

    five-chambered isolator.

    Achieving 1-10 nanogram/m3

    is highly demanding,and it should be appreciated that the glovebox

    isolation technology for this level of containment is different

    from that required to achieve microgram containment.

    With continuing increased potency of pharmaceuticals, and

    the prospect of manufacture of smaller quantities for responder

    groups and so on, we see this type of facility becoming

    more common.

    Two significant trends are impacting themanufacture of active drug substances. These

    trends are delivering some exciting innovations inglovebox isolators, plug and play concepts, processinterlinking, secondary containment and control.

    MARCO MASCARENHAS

    Marco Mascarenhas

    Manager, bulk pharmaceuticals

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    Continuous development, innovation anda stringent attention to detail in design andmanufacture, maintains our product portfolio

    at the cutting edge of technology.

    isolatorsTHE DRIVE FOR INNOVATION

    Steril, Foster Wheelers manufacturing division, designs and manufactures

    a comprehensive range of vertical and horizontal laminar flow benches,

    bio-safety cabinets and isolators for powder containment.

    This is done in strict compliance with the exacting standards and design

    guidance for containment which include:

    ISO 14644-7: Separative devices (clean air hoods, gloveboxes,

    isolators, etc)

    ISO 10648-1: Containment enclosures

    Part 1: design principles

    ISO 10648-2: Containment enclosures

    Part 2: classification

    AGS-G001-1998: Guideline for gloveboxes

    EN 12469: Performance criteria for microbiological

    safety cabinets

    In addition, a continuous research and development programme maintains

    Sterils equipment at the forefront of LAF and containment technology.

    Results from this development programme include:

    An innovative isolator exhaust system that, in the event of an accident,

    has a zero transition time to safe operation. This development has been

    operating in a high potency drug facility in Italy since 2005.

    Containment solutions for gaseous decontamination involving products

    that are effective against biological agents but which can, after use, be

    rendered harmless.

    EMILIO MOIA

    Emilio Moia

    Manager contamination control

    & containment

    Pharma i

    Both of these developments were covered in more depth in the

    previous issue of focus which can be found at:http://www.fwc.com/publications/focus.cfm

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    occupationalhealthAN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

    Adverse health effects related to chemical agents canseriously affect a persons quality of life and in somecases be life-threatening. Of these, allergic and dermatitic

    reactions form a significant proportion of reportableoccupational diseases. Clearly the industry has a dutyof care to protect workers from exposure to such agents.

    A study looking at ten pharmaceuticalmanufacturing sites owned by different

    companies, showed that of the 211 subjects

    tested, 145 (69%) had leaking respirators.

    The study also showed no correlation

    between the effectiveness of the respiratory

    protective equipment and the frequency of

    use, experience or training. In addition it can

    be shown that if a respirator is only effective,

    say, even 98% of the time, it can fail to meet

    the desired application requirements.

    GSK has set itself a challenge to have 80%

    of its unit operations respirator-free by 2010.

    Further, when matching engineered controlsolutions to problems it is necessary to

    understand that it is not just a direct

    relationship to the Occupational Exposure

    Level (OEL).

    Factors such as scale, dustiness, process

    energy, and API content can alter the most

    applicable control strategy for a given OEL.

    GSKs integrated strategic approach

    includes documented established solutions,

    communities for engineers and hygienists,

    tracking performance, hygienist networking

    and training, a behaviours program, engineer

    training, and established partnershipswith suppliers.

    focus

    Pam Davison

    Technical directorGlaxoSmithKline

    PAM DAVISON

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    flexiblecontainmentA TABLET MANUFACTURING CASE STUDY

    Disposable systems can provide efficient, cost-effective containment inthe right application. They are very adaptable and can accommodatea wide range of applications, but are not the best solution for all

    applications. Taking a wider viewpoint, using the layered approach isa good underlying principle for containment selection and design.

    A recent project involved the specification of

    a containment upgrade to allow manufacture

    of a particular higher potency product in anexisting small-scale tablet manufacturing facility

    with granulator capacity of 400 litres. The

    operator exposure limit for the compound being

    handled was 10g/m3, and we needed to

    implement short-term upgrades quickly before

    the next campaign, with minimum disruption to

    manufacturing operations.

    Flexible, disposable containment was the key

    to this project, and it had to be designed,

    made, tested, modified, installed and the

    operators trained in just thirty days!

    The results of personnel monitoring (outside

    air suits) showed exposure was reduced by

    up to 1000-fold by the use of flexible barrier

    containment. Although exposure was still

    affected by operator action, it was less so

    than with the use of personal protective

    equipment alone.

    In addition to the flexible glovebags, use was

    made of Spraylat

    floor covering to trap any

    potential surface contamination. There was a

    significant reduction in surface contamination,

    leading to a 20-fold reduction in room cleaning

    times. The disposable Spraylat

    floor waspeeled up, thrown away, and the surface

    swabs were clean.

    Future use of disposable containment may

    include the design of granulator and fluid bed

    drying glovebags, modified and extended to

    the other granulation sites in the facility.

    Longer-term engineering improvements need

    to be made to areas not suitable for flexible

    containment, for example through-floor feeders,

    automated bin charging and discharging.

    Some useful containment figures:

    One sugar crystal ~ 1000 gmOne grain of sand ~ 100 gm

    100 particles of pollen ~ 10 gmHousehold dust ~ 1000 gm/m3

    Typical airborne concentrations from open handling:

    Dispensing 1,000 - 10,000 g/m3

    Manual charging 10,000 - 50,000 g/m3

    Granulation (scraping) 10,000 - 50,000 g/m3

    Drying (open transfer) 5,000 - 100,000 g/m3

    Compression 10 - 300 g/m3

    Disposable / Flexible Containment Principles

    OPERATORPROTECTION ONLY

    AIRBORNE CONTAMINATIONCONTROL BEST

    POOR

    SURFACE CONTAMINATIONCONTROL BEST

    IMPLIED INHERENT

    FLEXIBILITYERGONOMIC FLEXIBILITY

    CAREFUL

    DESIGNREQUIRED

    HUW THOMAS

    Huw Thomas

    nior pharmaceutical

    engineer

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    fill-finishTHE CONTAINMENT SOLUTION FOR YOUR OPERATION

    In the absence of a one size fits all solution to thecontainment of fill finish operations, a logical approach

    to the design of effective protection is required. Key tosuccess is the correct combination of working areaconfinement and personnel gowning.

    Previous solutions often relied on personal

    protective equipment (PPE) together with

    contained rooms or departments to protect the

    environment. Now, more and more, the approach

    is to use primary containment at the very

    source of product exposure, using secondarycontainment as a back up solution and PPE

    as an emergency/short-term intervention

    protective device.

    The essential first step is identification of the

    critical operations, typically:

    The range of containment devices applicable to

    the different operations is wide and includes:

    contained connection - split valve, high

    containment valve, rapid transfer port,

    continuous liner

    glovebox isolator

    closed restricted access barrier system

    (C-RABS)

    Crucial is the awareness that there are no

    universal solutions applicable to every situation.The selection of the proper containment solution

    should include an analysis of the key features of

    the operation to be contained, typically:

    product potency - low, medium, high

    product form - liquid or solid

    product diffusion capability - aerosol

    generation, powder spread

    activity duration - occasional or shift-based

    product exposure - open or closed activity

    aseptic processing requirements - meeting

    HSE and GMP requirements

    product potency issue or only cross-contamination prevention

    Three possible indicative decision trees are below:

    Injectables Facility

    Dispensing

    Formulation

    Filling

    Lyos unloading

    Oral Solid Dosage Facility

    Dispensing

    Product transfer

    Tabletting/capsule filling

    Blistering/bottle filling

    Working area protection LIQUID

    Potency

    StandardApproach

    C-RABS(only for cross-contamination)

    C-RABS(for personnel safety)

    Containment

    Isolator

    Medium

    High

    Very High

    Low

    Aerosol?

    N

    Y

    HP : no PPE use

    Working area protection SOLID

    C-RABS(only for cross-contamination)

    C-RABS(for personnel safety)

    ContainmentIsolator

    Medium

    High

    Very High

    Low

    Potency

    HP : no PPE use

    Verypowdery?

    N

    Y

    Y

    N

    Almost notpowdery?

    Product Transfer SOLID

    Medium

    Very High

    Low

    Potency

    HP : no PPE use

    Open process allowed orClosed process with butterfly valves

    Closed processwith standard split valves

    Tight closed process withhigh containment valves

    Tight closed process withRTP parts and glove box

    High

    GERMANA MOLINARI

    Germana MolinariSenior finishing &

    formulation engineer

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    highlyactivepowdersCASE STUDY OF AN AWARD WINNING PROJECT

    Janssens major primary pharmaceutical manufacturingsite at Geel in Belgium produces thousands of tonnes peryear of active pharmaceuticals and intermediates. The site

    has almost 100 reactors and manufactures a wide range ofmaterials of varying levels of potency. The most potent

    products OEL of less than 5 micrograms/m3 means veryhigh containment requirements.

    Recently, Foster Wheeler and local Belgian partner BnS

    worked together to deliver a high containment solids handling

    facility. The process involved delumping, milling, sieving,

    homogenizing and pack-off and all of these operations were

    designed to be undertaken within a series of bespoke

    gloveboxes. Glovebox design had to take full account of the

    processing needs and also enable full disassembly and

    cleaning of the solids processing equipment.

    Complex ergonomic mock-up models of the process

    equipment were developed to ensure that the design on

    paper was practical and enabled all of the required

    operations to be undertaken by an operator working via

    gloves. Heavy equipment was mounted either on hingesor slides, flexible connections were needed in the powder

    transport piping system and full nitrogen inertion was

    necessary to prevent explosions!

    The design containment level of 50 nanograms/m3 was

    achieved, the project was completed from concept to process

    start-up in two years and the degree of innovation achieved

    was recognized by the project being selected as a finalist in

    the prestigious Facility of the Year Awards in 2006.

    Foster Wheeler is delighted to announce that the General Technical Services Department of JanssenPharmaceutica NV has awarded its annual Quality Certificate to Foster Wheeler, in recognition of its

    contribution to the development of the concept study for the recently announced Chemical Development

    Pilot Plant (CDPP).

    Foster Wheeler scored the highest possible rating, AA, in this award, which is given to the best performing

    contractor at Janssens Geel and Beerse sites in Belgium.

    Foster Wheeler is continuing to support Janssen with the BOD-B (FEED) phase of the project.

    DAVID AINSWORTH

    David AinsworthPrincipal consultant

    Quality

    Award

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    bulkchemicalmanufactureA GUIDE TO CONTAINMENT OPTIONS IN API PLANTS

    There are many engineering control options forcontainment. What option is most suitable for yourapplication? What is the range of performance

    expected with various containment solutions?Who are the primary vendors? And what are thebudgetary costs? Question, questions .

    But a useful starting point is: what are we trying toachieve? If we consider that 1 granule of sugar is

    about 3 milligrams, then a containment level of

    3 g/m3 is like dispersing 1/1000th of 1 granule of

    sugar in 1m3 of air - pretty exacting stuff!

    In API plants, the movement of materials, supplies,

    tools, wastes, and recovery systems into and out of

    the contained environment is the key to successful

    containment. The performance of an isolator is only

    as good as the transfer devices on the isolator.

    There are many different transfer devices available

    on the market, each with its own pros and cons.

    A primary concern with split butterfly valves, forexample, is material on the faces of the valves

    after undocking, and concerns with cleaning

    extraction rings.

    Some recommendations include:

    Contain at the source

    Avoid technique-dependent systems

    Many containment technologies are

    available and continue to evolve

    Transfer system selection is a key to

    successful containment

    Design below the operator exposure limit

    Consider ergonomics, cleaning, sampling,

    waste, material compatibility

    Provide redundancy/secondary containment

    Engineer out the reliance on personal

    protective equipment

    And the golden rule is, there is no silver-

    bullet containment solution!

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    Paul Richards

    Project & technology engineerPfizer

    PAUL RICHARDS

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    oralsolidsmanufactureSURVEY DEFINES BEST PRACTICE

    BackgroundThe pharma company currently has

    no OSD facility designed to handle

    actives of

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    factoryacceptancetestsHIGH CONTAINMENT ISOLATOR CASE STUDY

    Bearing in mind that a required containment level of less than5 nanograms/m3 is the equivalent of one grain of pollen in anaverage-sized living room, factory acceptance testing at such

    levels can be pretty exacting.

    To demonstrate the performance of a number

    of high containment gloveboxes to be installed

    in an existing primary pharmaceutical

    manufacturing unit, Foster Wheeler went to

    extraordinary lengths. Testing of the units

    covered:

    ergonomics - operations, controls and

    sequences

    documentation - GA, P&ID and materials

    checks

    lighting and noise level checks

    surface finishes, cleanability and drainability

    airflows, operating pressure and inertion

    times

    accuracy of instrumentation

    connections to pressure systems

    leak performance - pressure and vacuum

    testing

    containment performance - surrogate

    material testing

    In particular the containment performance

    testing of each glovebox was stringent.

    A surrogate material, Sodium Naproxen,

    detectable at levels as low as 0.5 nanograms,

    was used to mimic the actual operations that

    would be conducted in each glovebox. The

    surrogate test material was kept in double-

    sealed containers inside a small storage room

    (actually a garden shed bought locally!).

    This was segregated from the rest of the

    factory by a temporary polythene sheeted

    antechamber to guard against inadvertently

    contaminating the glovebox test environment.

    Surrogate test material to be used in testing

    each glovebox was loaded into sealedcontainers in this storage room; the

    containers were then cleaned and passed

    out of the room for further cleaning outside

    the factory.

    Once the containers were thoroughly clean

    and free of any of the test material on the

    outside, the container was double-bagged

    and sealed and then brought back into the

    facility for use in the glovebox testing area.

    The container was docked onto the glovebox

    in the test area and the surrogate material

    introduced via rapid transfer port into theglovebox interior. Here a full cycle of the

    required operations was conducted. During

    this cycle of glovebox operations, both

    airborne and surface samples were collected

    from the surrounding environment.

    The entire operation was undertaken on

    three separate occasions to demonstrate

    the effectiveness of the glovebox. At Foster

    Wheeler, we really do roll up our sleeves

    and get on with the job!

    DAVID AINSWORTH

    Photos from l to r: Store, Test Enclosure,

    Preparing for Testing, Inside the Test Chamber.

    David AinsworthPrincipal consultant

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    Secondary

    General

    Infrastructure

    Validation

    API

    Biotech

    R&D

    Medical Devices

    Category Key

    focus2

    fwpharmasuccessGLOBAL ROUND-UP OF RECENT WINS

    We are very pleased to

    work with Foster Wheeler

    again and have every

    confidence that our joint

    teams will work together to

    successfully complete this

    phase of the project on

    schedule. This will provide

    a firm foundation upon

    which to build for

    subsequent phases

    of the project.

    We have been working

    successfully with Foster

    Wheeler since 2001

    we are pleased with Foster

    Wheelers professionalism,

    responsiveness to our

    needs and capability to

    mobilise highly qualified

    resources from its

    European offices...

    We have selected Foster

    Wheeler for this challenging

    project because of its ability

    to make available skilled

    resources from its various

    operations centers, under

    the management of Foster

    Wheeler Milan.

    The team has a very

    proactive approach and

    the team members are not

    afraid to roll up their

    sleeves. There are too

    many names to mention

    individually, but the whole

    Alliance team has made

    an outstanding contribution

    to achieving our business

    objectives.

    Elsewhere, our clients continue to value the quality

    of our teams and the facilities we design and build.

    We continue to secure significant new pharma business

    around the world, across the full range of technologies.

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    John Nichols, pharmaceutical technology director, has been re-electedto the ISPE Board of Directors. This two-year appointment is Johnssecond, and is a significant achievement. John has contributed a greatdeal to ISPE. He works on a number of ISPE committees: theInternational and European Education Committees, Facility of the YearCommittee, Body of Knowledge Task Team and API Community of

    Practice (CoP) and CoP Council. In 2003, John was a member of the ISPEs Facilityof the Year Task Team which received the Committee of the Year award. He alsoregularly chairs and speaks at ISPE conferences promoting Innovation in the Industry.

    ISPE Congress, ViennaThe Annual European Congress wasattended by a large cross-section oftechnical specialists from across Europeand even beyond. John Nichols, ourglobal technology director, co-chaireda well-attended session which exploredhow to introduce continuous processing

    into pharma facilities.

    ISPE Annual MeetingOnce again, the ISPE Annual Meeting this year in Orlando, Florida attracteda large audience, as well as almost300 table-top exhibitors.

    John Nichols was course organizer andchair for the seminar on ContinuousProcessing in the Real World.

    Our presence in the exhibit hall (and inthe committee rooms), enabled us tomake contact with a large number ofkey clients who were attending.

    Society of Chemical IndustryAt the SCIs Process DevelopmentSymposium in Cambridge, MarkDickson, senior process engineer,presented on Continuous Technology...when, how and why we shouldchange, highlighting the advantagesof continuous processing over

    traditional batch operations for lowtonnage products.

    ISPE BrusselsThe ISPE year ended at Brusselswhere Foster Wheeler had a significantpresence.

    John Nichols participated in the sessionreporting on the latest update of the BulkPharmaceutical Chemicals Baseline

    Guide, speaking on containment and

    the activities of the API Communityof Practice.

    Huw Thomas, senior pharmaceuticalengineer, contributed to the OralSolid Dosage session with a paperon containment.

    Exhibitions

    Conferences

    ISPE Appointment

    Come and meet us at:

    ISPE Tampa Conference,

    Florida

    12-15 February

    ISPE Copenhagen Classroom

    Training, Denmark

    26 February - 1 March

    Bob Adamson, our pharmaceuticalcompliance manager, will be discussingtheApplication of Commissioning andQualification and Bob Davies, principalbiopharma consultant, will be lecturing onBiopharmaceutical Process Development.

    ISPE Paris Conference,France

    16-19 April

    John Nichols will be chairing a session onnanotechnology, and Paul Frey, ourprincipal facilities consultant, will bepresenting a baseline approach tomodification of a WFI system.

    Interphex, New York

    24-26 April

    Visit us at booth #143.

    ISPE Washington Conference

    Arlington, Virginia

    4-7 June

    ISPE Singapore Conference

    10-12 June

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