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  • News

    • Contamination-free filling process may speed vaccine manufacturing
      STAMFORD, Conn.—A contamination-free filling process for injectables, developed by InTact Filling systems, a subsidiary of Medical Instill Inc. (www.medinstill.com), promises higher safety levels and lower operating costs for pharmaceutical producers.
    • FDA initiatives aim to streamline pharma processing
      ROCKVILLE, Md.—In a report entitled Pharmaceutical cGMPs for the 21st Century—A Risk Based Approach, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA; www.fda.gov) has summarized substantial changes ahead for manufacturing, inspection, disputes, and for streamlining the pharmaceutical approval process.
    • CleanRooms CCT welcomes contamination control expert, Dr. Hans Schicht
      BOSTON, Mass. The CleanRooms Contamination Control Technology (CCT) Conference & Exhibition will include an intensive full-day training program from internationally-recognized contamination control expert Dr. Hans Schicht, executive secretary and past president of the Swiss Society for Contamination Control (SRRT).
    • Transport system, minienvironment combo team for clean, automated cassette loading
      Calif.—U.K. disk drive subsystem manufacturer Xyratex Ltd. (www.xyratex.com) has unveiled an automated, contamination-free cassette loading system designed for buffering and transporting magnetic disk cassettes for cleanroom processes.
    • Particles
      BOLOGNA, Germany¿IMA (www.ima.it), an international designer and manufacturer of automatic machines for pharmaceutical products, will acquire a majority of the shares in Delaware-based Packaging Systems Holding LLC, which holds 100 percent of Nova Packaging Systems LLC¿a leader in the manufacture of automatic machines for bottling pharmaceutical capsules and tablets.
    • Semi sampling technology said to speed production, reduce contamination
      SUNNYVALE, Calif. An automated SEM/TEM sample preparation technology for semiconductor processes promises to speed productivity and increase reliable and contamination-free samples.
    • Mega cleanroom planned for 300-mm fab
      Texas Instruments (www.ti.com) has broken ground for another 300-mm wafer manufacturing facility, this one focusing on 65-nm production.
  • Features

  • Columns

    • Life Sciences

      • USP 797: Compliance and testing
        Prior to getting started, let me say that the last article in this series, "Compliance and Documentation," was, as I stated, in no way comprehensive.
  • Products

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      • Products of the Year
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