Pharmaceutical Engineering Articles
Articles published in Pharmaceutical Engineering, ISPE’s bi-monthly member magazine that relate to the
subject matter of the PPD COP.
- Engineering Practices
During Manufacturing Process Development for New Products
March/April 2013, 33(2)
by David Rich, Mark Blanchard, Salvatore Giglia, Greg Straeffer, Amy Cazeault, Shannon Cleveland, Rebecca
Bartkus, and Matthew Desmarais
- The U.S. Pharmacopeia
(USP) Responds to Changing Needs of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
March/April 2012, 32(2)
by Anthony DeStefano, Antonio Hernandez-Cardosa, Kevin Moore, Tina Morris, Horacio Pappa, and Radhakrishna
Tirumalai
- A Holistic Approach to
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Product Lifecycle Management Support for High Yield Processes to Make Safe and
Effective Drugs
March/April 2012, 32(2)
by Julie Fraser and Guillaume Kerboul
- Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing
in the Twenty-First Century – the Next Generation Manufacturing Facility
March/April 2012, 32(2)
by Mark F. Witcher, PhD and Jeff Odum CPIP
- Risk Analysis and
Mitigation Matrix (RAMM) – A Risk Tool for Quality Management
January/February 2012, 32(1)
by Alex Brindle, Steve Davy, David Tiffany, and Chris Watts
- Using Operational
Excellence to Meet the New Process Validation Guidance
September/October 2011, 31(5)
by Bikash Chatterjee, Peter Rafa, and Wai Wong
- Industry Interview Series: Grace McNally, Senior Policy Advisor, FDA
CDER Office of Compliance, Division of Manufacturing and Product Quality (
328 KB) 
July/August 2011, 31(4)
by Rochelle Runas, ISPE Technical Writer
- A Systematic and Scientific Approach for Implementation and Validation
of Single-Use Equipment (
5 MB) 
May/June 2011, 31(3)
by Jean-Loup Descamps, Jean-Baptiste Milandri, and Peggy Sander
- Practical Application of Quality Risk Management to the Filling Process
of Betamethasone Injections (
6 MB) 
May/June 2011, 31(3)
by Rodolfo Díaz, Germán Fernández Otero, and Cristian Muzzio
- Optimizing the Design and Operation of Fill-Finish Facilities using
Process Simulation and Scheduling Tools (
7 MB) 
March/April 2011, 31(2)
by Demetri Petrides, Charles Siletti, José Jiménez, Petros Psathas, and Yvonne Mannion
- Continuous Verification – Providing an Alternative Approach to Process
Validation (
2 MB) 
January/February 2011, 31(1)
by Richard Kettlewell, John Upfield, Rosemary Leak, and Andrew Harris
- The Challenges of Regulatory Change Management: Does ICH Quality Trio
Provide the Solution? (
863 KB) 
January/February 2011, 31(1)
by Mary Oates, Michael Marini, and Barry McCloy
- Process Transfer to Contract Manufacturing Organizations: A Case Study
on Process Development Support Past Regulatory Approval (
3 MB) 
July/August 2010, 30(4)
by Amy Webb, David H. Reifsnyder, and Jean Bender
- Simple Strategies to Improve Bioprocess Pure Culture Processing (
2 MB) 
May/June 2010, 30(3)
by Michael Hines, Chris Holmes, and Ryan Schad
- PQLI Roadmap: Product Design, Development, and Realization, a Science-
and Risk-Based Approach to Implementation – An Overview of ISPE’s First PQLI Guide (
3 MB) 
March/April 2010, 30(2)
by Dr. Christopher Potter, Dr. John Berridge, Contributing Team
- A Simplified Statistical Model to Assess Product Capability (
2 MB) 
March/April 2010, 30(2)
by Mr. Selim Seyhan, Mr. Tolga Ozcan, Mrs. Merve Oktem
- Microreactor Technology: Innovations in Production Processes (
10 MB) 
January/February 2010, 30(1)
by Dr. Yukako Asano, Togashi Shigenori, Tsudome Hidekazu, Sei Murakami
- The FDA’s Draft Process Validation Guidance – A Perspective from
Industry (
2 MB) 
May/June 2009, 29(3)
by Nuala Calnan , Alice Redmond, and Stan O’Neill
- The Draft Process Validation Guidance – A Perspective from the
FDA (
2 MB) 
May/June 2009, 29(3)
This article presents the questions and answers from a recent ISPE Webinar focused on the FDA’s draft process
validation guidance.

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