Programme - 10 November 2020
09.00 - 09.30 h
Introduction and Organisationals
09.30 - 10.15 h
Key Note: Current European Pharmacopoeia Developments, with a Focus on Microbiology
Dr Emmanuelle Charton, EDQM, Head of Divison B
10.15 – 10.45 h Break
10.45 – 11.15 h - Invention of rFC
Speaker invited
11.15 – 11.45 h - Evaluation of rFC
Speaker Boehringer Ingelheim invited
11.45 – 12.15 h - The Changing BET Landscape and the Recombinant Alternative
Veronika Wills, Associates of Cape Cod.
12.15 – 12.45 h - Questions and Answers
12.45 – 13.45 h Break
13.45 – 14.15 h - Data as clean as Water: The Criticality of Detecting Relevant Endotoxins in Global Pharmaceutical Water Samples
Nicola Reid, Charles River Laboratories
14.15 – 14.45 h - Symbols of Infection
Kevin Williams, BioMerieux
14.45 – 15.15 h - Impact of Sample Preparation on Endotoxin Detection
Speaker Invited
15.15 – 15.30 h Break
15.30 – 15.45 h - Masking of Endotoxin during Sample Hold Time
René Ørving, Novo Nordisk
15.45 – 16.15 h - FDA's Thinking on Current Developments in Endotoxin and Pyrogen Testing
Speaker FDA (invited)
16.15 – 17.00 h - Questions and Answers
Programme - 11 November 2020
09.00 - 09.45 h
Key Note: RTRT: A Reality Check in the Small and Large Molecule World
Dr Lorenz Liesum, F. Hoffmann-La Roche
09.45 – 10.30 h
Overcoming Technical Issues with Assays to sssess Innate Immune Response Modulating Impurities
Speaker FDA invited
10.30 – 11.00 h
The Endotoxin Hypothesis of Neurodegeneration
Professor Guy C. Brown, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
11.00 – 11.15 h Break
11.15 – 11.45 h
Use of Monocyte Activation Test for Evaluation of Pyrogenicity associated with typical Environmental Contaminants
Dr. Anja Fritsch, Confarma
11.45– 12.15 h
Pyrogen Detection on Cellular Prepartions and other Short Shelf Life Pharmaceuticals
Stefan Gärtner, Labor LS
12.15 – 12.45 h
Questions and Answers
12.45 – 13.45 h Break
13.45 – 14.15 h
Determination of Pyrogens from Medical Devices/MAT Multiplexing
Dr Wolfgang Rudy, Tentamedix
14.15 – 14.45 h
Using the Monocyte Activation Test to determine the Pyrogenicity of an OMV Vaccine
Dr Marijke Molenaar-de Backer, Sanquin
14.45 – 15.15 h
The Monocyte Activation Test (MAT): The Road forward for Pyrogen Testing
Shabnam Solati, CTL-MAT
15.15 – 15.30 h Break
15.30 – 16.00 h
Indutrials Experiences with MAT
Speaker invited
16.00 – 16.30 h
How to handle Endotoxin OOS, OOT and Atypic Results – the ECA Guide on Microbiologival Deviation Chapter 2
Jordi Iglesias, Charles River Laboratories
16.30 – 17.00 h
Questions and Answers