PharmaLex Talks

Join PharmaLex's Patrick Nieuwenhuizen for this podcast, where he shares his expertise in sterility assurance and how manufacturers can demonstrate that the finished product is sterile through a holistic contamination control strategy (CCS), based on a risk assessment.

Pharmaceutical companies new to the EU market must navigate complex and varying commercialization requirements. The podcast highlights key steps for commercialization readiness in Europe, focusing on the challenges non-EU companies face, including supply chain logistics and regulatory complexities. Early planning, strategic partnerships, and understanding local regulations are esse

Louise Uí Fhatharta bio Quality professional with over 20 years’ experience in Microbiology, Quality Control and Quality Assurance roles in the Pharmaceutical Industry including Sterile Fill Finish and Medical Device. Involved in site and laboratory expansion projects from design through to method transfer and operational readiness. Supported site in a capacity of Quality, Ste

A contamination control strategy (CCS) is integral to Annex 1 and is fundamentally about patient safety and identifying and avoiding contamination pathways. Manufacturers are expected to implement a CCS across their facilities in order to define all critical control points and assess the effectiveness of all the controls and monitoring measures employed to manage risks associated w

Synopsis: In this podcast, Gerardo Gomez talks about the interactions between validation and technology transfer, considering the views and expectations of the regulators. As Gerardo explains, technology transfer is really a very sophisticated and complex project management activity and therefore needs to be carefully planned to avoid discrepancies or deviations from the regulatio

Synopsis: Early access programs are designed to allow patients suffering from a life-threatening unmet medical need or disease to be given promising treatments that have not yet received marketing approval. Examples of these types of programs include named patient programs, which are for a specific patient suffering from a rare, ultra-rare or life-threatening disease, and cohort pr

Bio Patrick Nieuwenhuizen Quality professional with a Microbiology & Sterile Manufacturing background with over 25 years’ experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Worked for several global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology companies across a variety of platforms including Biologics, Sterile Fill Finish and Solid Oral Dose. Involved with several site and laboratory expansi

Synopsis: Technology transfer involves two main types: scale-up and transfer to a different site. Scale-up technology transfer involves moving a technology or process from a laboratory or pilot-scale environment to a larger production scale. Transfer to a different site involves relocating a technology or process from one location or organization to another. Listen to the podcast t

Bio: Michael Braun-Boghos Michael has been working in medicinal product safety for the last three decades. He spent 13 years at the European PV headquarters of Fujisawa, which later became Astellas, ultimately leading the Safety Data and Quality Management group. Thereafter he joined Relsys, the developer of the Argus software, and finally came to Oracle with the Relsys acquisiti

Market access can be a big hurdle for companies to overcome and might require a different approach to the process of gathering evidence to support reimbursement discussions. Early phase modeling can help to inform feasibility of future adoption, the product development program, support investor communication, and sometimes even to inform decisions on whether to pursue product devel