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Put on your mask and suit up as Production Manager, Adam Wrench takes us inside West’s Jersey Shore plant. Despite the familiar name, there’s no beach or boardwalk here. Rather, Jersey Shore is a town nestled Pennsylvania’s Allegheny foothills. At this plant, employees create numerous West components, including FluroTec® and Teflon® laminated 13- and 20mm stoppers. It’s the only West facility that includes two steam sterilizers for Westar® RU sterile ready-to-use components.
Continuous improvement initiatives are at the heart of the Jersey Shore plant’s processes, as Wrench describes how new gowning, goggles or molding upgrades are constantly being upgraded in the quest for higher quality. In employee interviews, workers share their personal ideals of keeping both West’s customers and the patients in mind.
They understand that we all are patients at one time or another in our lives, and the next drug packaging component they make could end up a part of your treatment, their own, or our families’. That idea fuels their drive to make the best quality products they can. These segments show both their dedication and understanding that – while they might be working on elastomer parts in a clean environment – it’s the real-life customers and patients that ultimately matter.
Wrap up your tour of the Jersey Shore plant and understand how quality is molded into every West component, forged through teamwork and close attention to processes with a vigilant eye toward excellence in production and procurement. It shows through the production flow to the customer and end users.
West’s top priority is delivering high-quality products that meet the exact product specifications and quality standards customers require and expect in the interest of patient safety. This focus on quality includes excellence in manufacturing, scientific and technical expertise, and management. At the manufacturing level, this means producing clean, sterile, high-quality components to minimize disruptions to the supply chain and bringing safe, effective drug products to the market—and to the patient—quickly and efficiently.
Fran DeGrazio is an industry leader with over 35 years of experience in technical product development, quality, regulatory, marketing, and business strategy. Prior to retirement in 2022, DeGrazio was West Pharmaceutical Services’ Chief Scientific Officer and led a legacy of innovation through Quality by Design (QbD) and leading patient-centric elastomer components. Before her retirement I had the opportunity to discuss the development of 4040/40 gray formulation as the newest addition to West’s quality by design program the formula journey, the evolution and its importance in the marketplace.
<strong>NovaPure® Components Overview</strong><br /><em>By leveraging nearly 100 years of pharmaceutical packaging knowledge and implementing Quality by Design principles, West has developed the continuously improving NovaPure® elastomer portfolio which can be ideal for all drug product phases.</em>
<p><span>At West, we are committed to safeguarding the health and safety of the millions of patients who use our products every day. This commitment is anchored in our Core Value of Leadership in Quality, which ensures we never compromise on quality because we know that patients are counting on us.</span></p>
Recently, 16 of the interns from the 2019 West Ambassador Internship Program visited two West sites in Jersey Shore and Williamsport, Pennsylvania. As interns from the corporate headquarters, the tours of the two local manufacturing locations offered a unique perspective to contrast the corporate experience. During the Jersey Shore and Williamsport tours, the interns were given a different experience to visualize the making of the product itself.
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