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May 29th - 30th, 2008 | Toronto, Canada

Science and Risk Based Cleaning Validation

Compliance Strategies and Emerging Approaches

A Two Day Comprehensive and Interactive Course with Case Studies & Workshop Discussions on:

  • The Fundamentals of Cleaning and Cleaning Validation
  • New Directions on Cleaning: Industry and FDA
  • Cleaning Process Development
  • “Cleanability” Assessments and Worst Case models
  • Total Organic Carbon Analysis for Cleaning
  • Using Risk Assessment in Cleaning Process Development
  • Six Sigma and FMEA for Cleaning Programs
  • Certifying Visual Inspection as an Acceptance Criteria
  • History of Acceptance Criteria and new Statistical approaches to Limits
  • Using Total Organic Carbon Analysis for Pharmaceutical Products
  • Statistical Evaluation of Cleaning Data Risk
  • Cleaning Agent Selection
  • Analyses for Cleaning Validation Program
  • Using DoE to establish Design Space
  • Masterplanning for New Product Introduction in a Multiproduct Facility (Workshop)

Distinguished Course Leader

Mr. Andy Walsh, MS
Clean6Sigma, LLC

Mr. Walsh is a well known speaker on Cleaning Validation and has given numerous presentations over the past 10 years. He has over 17 years of validation experience in pharmaceutical and biotech companies including Johnson & Johnson, Schering-Plough and Hoffmann-La Roche. Prior to working in the Pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Walsh worked for the Colgate-Palmolive and Clorox companies as an analytical chemist and microbiologist. He has hands-on experience in Cleaning Validation, which includes writing Policies and Masterplans and developing swab methods for both HPLC and TOC. He frequently speaks on using TOC for Cleaning Validation, developing Masterplans and setting Acceptance Limits.

Clean6Sigma, LLC is a consulting company providing cleaning, cleaning validation and risk assessment training and services to the pharmaceutical and biologics industry. Clean6Sigma was founded by Andy Walsh, MS.

Andy has more than 17 years of qualification and validation experience in pharmaceutical and biotech companies including Johnson and Johnson (PRI, Ortho-McNeil and Ortho-Biotech), Schering-Plough and Hoffmann-La Roche where he gained experience in Equipment and Utility Qualification, Cleaning Validation, Process Validation and Computer Systems Validation. Andy has hands-on experience in Cleaning Validation, which includes writing Policies, SOPs, Masterplans and Protocols and developing and validating swab methods for both HPLC and TOC. Prior to entering the pharmaceutical industry, Andy worked for 10 years at the Colgate-Palmolive Co. and the Clorox Co., as an analytical chemist and microbiologist.

 

Program Agenda

Day 1 Thursday May 29th, 2008
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Regulatory Perspectives

  • Origins in 21CFR
  • Early Cleaning activities
  • U.S. vs. Barr Laboratories
  • 1993 FDA Guidance on Cleaning
  • Worldwide Guidance on Cleaning
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Mid-Morning Refreshment Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Cleaning Basics

  • Chemistry of Cleaning
  • Types of Cleaning Agents
  • “Cleanability” Assessments and “Worst Case” models
  • Cleaning Process FMEAs
  • Cleaning Process Development

Masterplanning Workshop:

Review cleaning requirements for a new product introduction into a multi-product facility

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Luncheon

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Acceptance Limits: Past, Present and Future

  • History of Acceptance Limits
  • Analysis of Current Approaches to Limits
  • Use toxicological data to set an Acceptable Daily Intake
  • Establishing Science & Risk Based Limits
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Mid-Afternoon Refreshment

2:45 PM - 4:15 PM

Risk Analysis in Cleaning Process Development

  • FMEA for Cleaning Processes
  • Cleaning Agent Selection
  • Using DoE to establish Design Space
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Questions and Answers

4:30 PM

Conclusion of Day One

Day 2 Friday, May 30th, 2008
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Method Development and TOC

  • Guidelines on Method Development
  • Total Organic Carbon Analysis for Cleaning
  • Overcoming water “insolubility”
  • Techniques for Improving Recovery
  • Using “Visually Clean” as a method and establishing a visible residue limit
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Mid-Morning Refreshment Break

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Using 6 Sigma / FMEA Approaches for Determining Cleaning Validation Requirements

  • Using Six Sigma Tools for Cleaning
  • FMEA for Cleaning Program
  • Statistical Evaluation of Cleaning Data
  • Setting Statistical Process Control (SPC) limits based on cleaning data
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Luncheon

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Masterplanning Workshop (Revisit)

Revisit cleaning requirements for a new product introduction into a multi-product facility based on presentations

Introduction to ISPE’s new Risk-MaPP and Cleaning Guidelines

  • Science and Risk Based approaches
  • ICH Q9
  • Using the Logic Diagram
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Questions and Answers

2:45 PM

Conclusion of Program

Who Should Attend?

This two day seminar, case studies and workshop series is directed toward Directors, Managers, Supervisors, Analysts, and Associates in the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and allied industries with daily responsibilities in the following areas:

  • Cleaning Validation
  • Quality Assurance
  • Quality Control
  • GMP/GLP Compliance
  • Production
  • Process Engineering
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Research and Development
  • Raw Materials Testing
  • Product Development
  • Formulation
  • Manufacturing
  • Product Submission
  • Training
  • Documentation and Technical Writing

Registration Information:

Registration Fee: $850.00 (CAD) + GST
Presentation Materials, Luncheon, and Refreshments
Cancellation/Substitutions Policy:
CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellation is accepted in writing (by mail, or fax) up to 4 weeks before the program start date, after which cancellations are not accepted and do not qualify for refund or credit. All Cancellations are subject to a $212.00 CAD (incl. GST)/person processing fee. Substitution of delegate/s with the member/s of the same organization is permitted at any time. IPA reserves the right to postpone an event, prior to which time all the registered attendees will be notified a minimum of 2 weeks in advance. IPA shall not be responsible for any air fare, hotel or transportation costs incurred by registrant/s.

Certificate of Attendance:

All participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion of the course
For registration or any further information, please contact us at:
Tel: (416) 410-7402
Fax: (416) 491-5810