Pharmaceutical and Health Care Water Treatment

ULTRAPURE WATER--Pharma 2011 is a two-day conference on Pharmaceutical Pure Water. This conference offers an Executive Forum consisting of state-of-the-art technical papers. Click here for a Tabletop Reservation form. Click here for a brochure and registration form. 2011 Executive Forum Program

UPW Pharma ConferencePharmaceuticals and Emerging Technologies in Water Treatment
April 12-13, 2011, DoubleTree Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
ULTRAPURE WATER--Pharma is a two-day conference on Pharmaceutical Pure Water.  This conference offers an Executive Forum consisting of state-of-the-art technical papers and Tabletop exhibits.
Click Here for Paper Submission form (PDF file).  Abstract deadline April 1.

Technical Presentations:

Moderators: Mr. Joe Manfredi, GMP Systems; and Mr. William Collentro, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

 

Tuesday, April 12:

9:00 AM--Session Introduction
9:15-10:15 AM--Pharmaceutical Industry Overview
Mark Hassenplug, Ernst & Young
10:30 AM--Overview of the Pharmaceutical Water Business

Mike Henley, ULTRAPURE WATER journal
11:00 AM--Pharmaceutical cGMP:  Know your Water Systems and Basic Approaches for Validation
Anita Michael, FDA
11:30-1:00 PM--Lunch Break
1:00 PM--Results of USP’s Industry Survey of Alternative WFI Production Methods
T.C. Soli, Soli Pharma Solutions, Inc.
2:00 PM--ISPE View on Pharma Water Issues
Jim Breen, Johnson and Johnson
2:30 PM-- Monochloramine Removal-Design, Operating, and Maintenance Issues
William V. Collentro, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
3:15 PM--UV Treatment in UPW: Validated Design Innovations
Kevin Shannon, Eric Peterson, Oliver Lawal, Aquionics; and Halim Mirza, Hanovia Ltd.
3:45 PM--Ozone Sanitization of Pharmaceutical Water Systems--Innovations in Dissolved Ozone Measurement by UV
Vince Ciufia, OSTI Inc.
4:15-5:15 PM--Pharmaceutical Water Roundtable
5:45-6:30 PM--Reception

Wednesday, April 13:
8:30 AM--High-Purity Water IQ/OQ/PQ Validation
Jason S. Mitchell, P.E., PMP, U.S. Water Services
9:00 AM--Medium Pressure UV Efficiency Decomposes Water-Borne Chlorine Compounds
Uri Levy, Ph.D., Atlantium
9:30 AM--Online and Lab Subvisible Particle Analysis-Enhanced USP 788 Using Fluid Imaging Microscopy
Thomas M. Canty, Paul O’Brien, Canty Inc.
10:00 AM--Testing of an On-Line System to Replace Discreet Compendial Water Testing
John A. Adams, Ph.D., Steven Stephenson, Ron Aube, and Liz Wessing, JMAR
10:45 AM--Risk Mitigation for CIP Systems: Avoiding Systematic Failures When Using New “Green” Technology
Erika Hanley-Onken, Hans Sundstrom, Chris Dolan, and George Barakov, MKS Instruments
11:15 AM-- Novel Ion Exchange Process to Remove Salts from Wastewaters
Ron Drake, Drake Water Technologies, Inc.
11:45 AM-1:00 PM--Lunch Reception
1:00 PM-- Case Studies in the Selection of the Right Process Paths and Practices for Pharmaceutical Water Systems
Mukesh J. Yadav, Genentech
1:30 PM--Membrane Processes for Meeting U.S. EPA Long-Term 2 SWTR
William V. Collentro, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2:00 PM--Final Comments by Moderators

Workshop Option

Wednesday, 8:30 AM-3:30 PM--Mastering Biofilm Control in Pharmaceutical Water Systems
T.C. Soli, Soli Pharma Solutions, Inc.

In this workshop will be explained the USP’s public comment and revision process, as well as the USP’s roles in regulating water for the pharmaceutical industry, and educating users on the basics of microbial monitoring and control. Attendees will also learn from the instructor practical information about biofilm, and why it is so difficult to control, specifics regarding successful, and not-so-successful biofilm control approaches, and why, and the role of properly applied concepts of Specifications, Action Levels, and Alert Levels in making high-quality water. Along the way, a few commonly held water system design, control, and monitoring myths will be debunked.

Instructor Teri C. (T.C.) Soli, Ph.D., is president of Soli Pharma Solutions, Inc, with lecturing, auditing, and troubleshooting expertise covering water systems, sterilization, aseptic processing, contamination control, and microbiological laboratories. He has more than 31 years of pharmaceutical experience as a consultant and with DSM Pharmaceuticals, Glaxo Wellcome, Burroughs Wellcome, and Pfizer. He is in his third 5 year term on USP Expert Committees responsible for Pharmaceutical Water, is the primary author of USP’s Informational Chapter <1231> on pharmaceutical water, and helped develop the Water Conductivity and TOC specifications used by USP and adopted worldwide.

TABLETOP EXHIBITS

Exhibit hours: Tuesday: 9:00 AM-7:00 PM; Wednesday: 9:00 AM–3:00 PM.
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