Equipment and Processing Report-04-15-2009

PharmTech's monthly newsletter, Equipment & Processing Report, reviews the Editor's Picks for the April 2009 edition from Buzdar and Kaeser.

ATSM and ICH approaches, in place of traditional qualification or integrated commissioning and qualification (C&Q) using impact assessment, can make projects and processes more efficient and help facility owners and designers ensure compliance, quality, and safety when defining acceptance criteria for their critical process systems and equipment.

Many drugmakers have begun to evaluate and improve their manufacturing operations to become more economically and environmentally sustainable.