Read, Learn, Innovate: Top Blog Posts from August 2021
Featured in this edition of iSpeak Reading Roundup, are the top blog posts from August 2021. Discover key insights for cleaning validation practices, risk-based approaches to quality, and more for what the pharmaceutical industry was reading last month.
Join Us for a Round Table Discussion on Single-Use Supply Shortage Crisis
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COVID-19 has caused disruptions and delays with supply chain all across the world. Single-Use technologies (SUT) play a vital role in manufacturing of pandemic vaccines and have drastically reduced the typical vaccine development and manufacturing production timelines. The pandemic has further increased the sourcing demands for SUT. This non-forecasted demand has led to extended lead times or even shortage scenarios.
The Worst of Times and the Best of Times…
“This is the best time to be working in the life sciences industry,” the Keynote speaker said at an ISPE conference several years ago. At the time, I thought to myself, she is so right, this really is the best time to be working in the life sciences industry. Then, no one imagined that the world would be plunged into the worst of times battling a global pandemic that claimed the lives of over 4 million individuals from COVID-19.
Read, Learn, Innovate: Pharmaceutical Engineering® Summer Reading Part 2
Featured in this edition of the Pharmaceutical Engineering® Online Reading Roundup are suggested summer reading ideas—articles on important topics from recent issues to revisit when you have some down time this summer—or to enjoy for the first time in case you missed them. Learn more about knowledge management implementation, zero carbon, MES, and more.
How Can the Pharmaceutical Sector Reduce Its Carbon Footprint?
All it takes is a quick Google search for the terms “carbon footprint and the pharmaceutical sector” to reveal some depressing reading. Results are led by a staggering piece of research from 2019 that states the global pharmaceutical industry is not only a significant contributor to global warming, but it also produces 13% more carbon emissions making medicines than car manufacturers do while assembling their vehicles - despite having a market that is 28% smaller.
Supply Chain, Operations, and Packaging Excellence (SCOPE)
I am very excited to be leading the Supply Chain, Operations, and Packaging Excellence (SCOPE) track this year at the 2021 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo. Just like its name, this track will cover a wide variety of subject matter and information; delivered by industry subject matter experts. The impact of the global pandemic and the continued growth of innovative technology in biopharmaceuticals will be part of this track. In addition, some important advances in packaging and the qualification of cleaning materials for manufacturing operations will be discussed.
