Press Announcements 2018

How to effectively and constantly manage and control raw materials and excipients for biological drug products and drug substances is a question that concerns pharmaceutical companies, contract laboratories as well as suppliers of raw materials. Therefore, ECA, EBE and APIC joined together to pick up this issue and support their members with useful guidance and support on quality control and management of raw materials.

ECA Members have access to the Members Area on the ECA Academy Website. A new structure and layout will help you find the many exclusive services for ECA Members such as:

The Amazon Code to receive a 35% membership discount for ECA publications The GMP Discussion Forum for Members which allows you discuss your GMP related questions with colleagues A compilation of the Warning Letters issued by the FDA sorted by date and topic GMP Guideline Manager with several thousands of GMP related documents ECA Working Group Documents such as the SOP on OOS, OOE and OOT developed by the Analytical QC Group and more

Please access the ECA Members Area here. If you are not a member yet please find more information about ECA membership opportunities.

The European QP Association is quite active in supporting its members. Find out what the EQPA has achieved in 2018 so far.

The pharmaceutical industry's interest to move from batch to continuous manufacturing is clearly increasing. The ECA therefore invites pharmaceutical companies as well as equipment and system suppliers to an information exchange at the Continuous Manufacturing Conference in Barcelona. On 27/28 November 2018 we'll focus on technology, process control, quality assurance and regulatory approval for the continuous manufacture of solid dosage forms. Companies like Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, TEVA, GSK und Hovione that already gained experience with continuous processes will present their approach. Exhibitors at this conference will have the opportunity to introduce new technologies in short presentations at the conference. Please note though, that space and presentation slots are strictly limited and are subject to ECA approval. You can find the detailed programme brochure and a form for the registration of a table top stand on ECA's webpage.

The brand-new 2018 edition of the Defect Evaluation List for Containers Made of Molded Glass will include an appendix with example pictures of specific defect characteristics.

Defect evaluation lists are good and generally accepted tools for deciding whether to accept or to reject packaging batches in the incoming goods inspection. As a delegate at the conference Glass meets Pharma jointly organized by USP, Ph.Eur. and ECA you will receive the defect evaluation list for containers made of tubular glass and the new edition of the defect evaluation list for containers made of moulded glass which will be published directly before the conference.

Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) are a new emerging class of innovative biopharmaceutical medicines, summarizing gene therapy, somatic cell therapy and tissue-engineered products. Now the ECA Foundation has established the new ATMP Interest Group to support their members with information and guidance.