The 2020 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo will be ISPE’s first completely virtual Annual Meeting. As always, there will be great learning and networking opportunities—in fact, the digital format offers greater flexibility for attendees.
Each year, ISPE celebrates innovations and advances in pharmaceutical manufacturing technology with its Facility of the Year Awards (FOYA) program. This year, we added a new category, Social Impact, to recognize companies that developed new standards and practices to prevent drug shortages and increase patients’ access to medicine, designed new tools or techniques that reduced the cost of drug products, or accelerated a shift to sustainable facility design that has significantly reduced environmental impact.
The 2026 ISPE Facilities of the Future (FOF) Conference will be held 2–3 February in San Diego, California, United States, and virtually. Lindsey Daniel, the conference’s Executive Chair, offers advice and shares what attendees can expect at the upcoming conference.
This article explores critical aspects of facility design for cell-based advanced therapy ATMPs, emphasizing cleanroom classifications, requirements for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, and contamination risk management across various stages of manufacturing. It highlights the importance of aligning these design elements with regulatory standards set by authorities such...