News|Videos|July 21, 2025

Operators Are the Main Source of Contamination in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing


In this short clip from the June episode of our Ask the Expert video series, Simona Guidi, Associate Director, Cell and Gene Therapies at ProPharma, explains the importance of considering humans as a top source of contamination in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Check out the full episode with Guidi on Adventitious Contamination Control in which she answers questions about options for controlling adventitious contamination for cell processing requiring extensive manipulation and how to protect the product and operating when moving to a closed processing system for cell therapy production.


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