The 2022 ISPE International Emerging Leader Hackathon officially started on Saturday 29 October 2022 at 0800 EST, but the connections started happening the night before during the Hackathon Reception at Wreckers Bar and Grill in the Gaylord Palms Resort, Orlando, FL USA.

The regulatory keynote and the Global Regulatory Town Hall panel discussion at the 2022 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo on 2 November provided insights into regulations and the changing scene with increased...

The gavel passed to a new International Board Chair and ISPE leaders shared 2022 achievements and plans for 2023 at the 2022 ISPE Membership Meeting and Awards Lunch.

The industry is in the process of a transformation that was sped up by the pandemic, which enhanced innovation and collaboration. Applying what has been learned over the last three years to update pharmaceutical companies’ approaches to development and implementation is key as the industry crafts its strategies in an increasingly digital and global environment. The keynote presentations on 1...

The 2022 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo opened with three keynote addresses exploring quality from a key FDA leader’s point of view, a major pharmaceutical company’s ongoing journey of transformation into an organization that is prepared to adapt to the changing world, and a unique patient perspective with a patient presenter who is also a member of the pharmaceutical community.

More than 200 people celebrated the 2022 Facility of the Year Award Winners at a reception and banquet Sunday night at the 2022 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Florida.

At the ISPE Singapore Conference on 17 August 2022 during an online panel discussion, four international regulators discussed how the Covid-19 pandemic had taught regulators to look for alternative ways of conducting GMP inspections and also to rely more on each other to make determinations on the GMP status of manufacturers of medicines.

We are The Culture Club, a self-formed cross-CoP group of individuals who came together to discuss the quality/validation challenges encountered as we transition into the digital world and identify ways to influence cultural changes needed within our industry to better enable innovation. This blog is the first in a 4 part series intended to explore how we can rethink the way we support and...

It is a great honour and pleasure for me as the 2022-2023 ISPE Board Past Chair and Chair of the 2023 ISPE Aseptic Conference Program Committee to give you a first glimpse at the program and of the information and...

ISPE’s Transportable/Point of Care (PoC) Manufacturing Technology team, a working group under the Product Quality Lifecycle Implementation (PQLI)® committee, is presenting a session entitled Transportable, Small Footprint Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities: A Regulatory Perspective at the 2022 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo on Monday, 31 October at 1100–1230 as part of the...

Helping people, projects and companies succeed are the aspects Dharti Pancholi has enjoyed most about her career in the pharmaceutical industry. “I really like empowering people whether it is my team or my clients. It is great to bring together people who have a diverse set of experiences, skills, or perspectives, who might not normally work together, and collectively develop something, grow a...

Global demand for plasma-derived therapies (PDTs) continues to swell—the compacting result of an aging population, clinical successes, and recent applications for both widespread diseases and multiple rare conditions. Serving these needs has been a significant challenge over the last two and a half years, with a decline in plasma donations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation shortage...

Honorable Mention recognizes projects that did not win a specific category but were clearly successful projects that overcame significant challenges in planning, execution, and delivery.

Emerging Leaders (EL) within the pharmaceutical industry have been invited from around the world to participate in the 2022 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo Program Committee. This unique opportunity allows...

On 16 June 2022, the Project Management Community of Practice Benelux (PM CoP Benelux) hosted the “Need for Speed in Pharma,” event. There were more than 70 attendees at the event from Belgium and the Netherlands which was held at the MSD Animal Health facility in Boxmeer, Netherlands.

The energy was felt within the room as more than 30 engaged women and allies came together in support of ISPE D/A/CH affiliate’s launch of Women in Pharma® on 8 September 2022 at the Bayer Consumer care’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. The event consisted of an informational session, lunch, and moderated workshop to give...

Winners in this category exemplify application of novel approaches, standards, and practices which result in efficient processing, resourceful utilities, and business advantage by increasing patient access and preventing drug shortages through in-country-for country manufacturing; outbreak, epidemic, or emerging health crisis response via rapid deployment and fast-track drug production; and...

Annex 1 of the EC GMP Guide "Manufacture of Sterile Medicinal Products" has a long history. First published in 1989, there have been a total of 5 adaptations in 1996, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009, but no complete revision. In 2012, there was a proposal for a complete revision which resulted in a concept paper in 2015. The first draft for comments from industry stakeholders was...