Equipment and Processing Report-04-20-2011

The implementation of digital photomicrography has expanded the capabilities of microanalysis for quality control. But if used incorrectly, the technique can hurt more than help.

We want to fill one of our oxygen-sensitive products inside an isolator system. Can we run an isolator with pure nitrogen and defined humidity?

PharmTech's monthly newsletter, Equipment and Processing Report, reviews the Editor's Picks for the April 2011 edition from ACS Valves and L.B. Bohle.

To find out how well industry is applying QbD, and what benefits the approach can bring, Equipment and Processing Report talked to Moheb M. Nasr, director of FDA?s Office of New Drug Quality Assessment.