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Enhance Closure Safety with Vision Inspection
An international biotherapeutic company was recently cited in a 483 letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the presence of black particles in its drug product.  The company had failed to properly inspect for particulate.  Learn how vision inspection can help solve this issue.

FDA Takes Action on Drug/Container Interaction
Interaction of a drug product with the container closure system can impact patient safety and the resulting contamination may not be manifested as a particle. Interaction products are often soluble in the drug product and may go undetected if extractable and leachable studies are not conducted. Learn how to prevent interaction issues.

Recent Posts

Join West at the 2010 PDA Extractables and Leachables Workshop

Evaluation of piston movement and container integrity under severe storage conditions in plastic and glass prefilled syringes

Development of an Assay to Determine Protein Sensitivity to Tungsten and to Investigate the Effects of pH and Ionic Strength on Aggregation

Sterility Issues Receive Warning Letters

A Novel Cryopreservation System for Dental Pulp-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Challenges with Combination Drug Delivery Systems:  Pre-filled Syringes and Auto Injectors

Minimizing the Variation of Volume Withdrawn from a Container for Injectable Drug Products and Impact to Overfill

Evaluation of Residual Moisture in Lyocakes and Corresponding Lyophilization Stoppers of Different Rubber Formulations

Characterization of Prefillable Syringe Systems for Biopharmaceutical Drug Delivery

Polini to Speak at PharmaEd Container Conference – January 25, 2010

Regulatory Emphasis on Process Validation

Innovations in Container Closure Systems and New Industry Technologies