Welcome to another posting of ‘Industry Insight with Chester,’ a periodic round-up of news and views from around the Pharma and biopharma industries compiled by Chester Solack, Business Analyst at SAFC in Lenexa, Kansas.
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Industry Insight with Chester: A Collection of Current Industry Updates
Friday, May 18th, 2012A Deeper Look Into the Bulk Pharmaceutical Task Force
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012In April, SAFC Live highlighted Patty Benson’s participation at the ICH Q3D Metal Impurities Workshop in Bethesda, Maryland as part of a panel presentation where she provided an API supplier’s perspective. As a follow up to that piece, we sat down with Patty to discuss the Bulk Pharmaceutical Task Force (BPTF) in more detail. Here, she offers insight into who the BPTF is, what they do, what they are currently working on and what the future holds. The full story follows:
An API Regulations Update from the ICH Q3D Metal Impurities Workshop
Friday, April 20th, 2012As SAFC Live previously reported, the ICH Q3D Metal Impurities Workshop was held from April 4-5, 2012 at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland. The program focused on the new limits for element impurities in drug products and how they may impact businesses in the pharma industry. On day one, SAFC Quality Assurance Director, Patty Benson, participated in a panel titled “Perspectives From Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Suppliers”, along with a lineup of speakers from industry colleagues, the IPEC-Americas, CHPA and SOCMA’s Bulk Pharmaceutical Task Force (BPTF). The panel talked about draft guidelines and data implications, and their impact on pharmaceuticals. Patty’s input from an API maker’s perspective was complemented with an excipient user perspective from Janeen Skutnik-Wilkinson, Director of Quality and Regulatory Policy at Pfizer Inc. and an excipient maker perspective from David Schoneker, Director of Global Regulatory Affairs at Colorcon.
Patty’s presentation in the “Perspectives From Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Suppliers” panel is available for reference here: Q3D BPTF 0412.
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BREAKING NEWS: Sigma-Aldrich Acquires Research Organics to Strengthen Portfolio of PharmaGrade Raw Materials
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012Yesterday, Sigma-Aldrich announced the acquisition of Research Organics, a leading supplier of biochemicals for use in various bioprocessing, biotechnology and diagnostic applications. The addition means that SAFC will now be able to offer dual sourced buffers, as well as an expansion of the raw materials catalog of products. As executives for both companies noted, the acquisition has been made with an end goal of increasing quality of service and capacity to partner with customers on both standard and custom project solutions.
To read the full press release, please click below. To learn more about SAFC’s line of PharmaGrade Products, please click here.
SAFC Presents at the Upcoming ICH Q3D Metal Impurities Workshop in Bethesda, Maryland
Monday, April 2nd, 2012From April 4-5, 2012, delegates will gather at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel in Bethesda, Maryland for the two day ICH Q3D Metal Impurities Workshop that will feature a program focused on the new limits for element impurities in drug products and how they may impact businesses in the pharma industry.
On Wednesday, April 4th at 9am, SAFC Quality Assurance Director, Patty Benson, will participate in a panel titled “Perspectives From Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Suppliers”, along with a lineup of speakers from industry colleagues, the IPEC-Americas, CHPA and SOCMA’s Bulk Pharmaceutical Task Force (BPTF) to discuss the draft guidelines and implications data will have, as well as the impact on pharmaceuticals. Patty’s input from an API maker’s perspective will be complemented with an excipient user perspective from Janeen Skutnik-Wilkinson, Director of Quality and Regulatory Policy at Pfizer Inc. and an excipient maker perspective from David Schoneker, Director of Global Regulatory Affairs at Colorcon.
We hope to see you there to learn, network and exchange information amongst industry peers. To learn more about registration for the event, please click here. To learn more about SAFC, please click here.
SAFC at CPhI Japan 2012
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
SAFC Manager, Toru Kobayashi, accepts an award of recognition for ten years of exhibiting at the CPhI Japan event.
CPhI Japan 2012 got underway today and SAFC is onsite as an exhibitor (located at Booth H-16) and presenter. This year, the show celebrates it’s 10th anniversary and event organizers, UBM Live, took time to recognize the exhibiting companies that have been there since the beginning. SAFC is one of those companies and earlier today was recognized as part of a group of 47 exhibitors that have experienced the past ten years of CPhI Japan.
Here, SAFC Live takes a moment to talk with Toru Kobayashi, SAFC Manager for the Japan Market, about how the market has recovered from natural disaster and what the Japanese pharma, biopharma and chemicals market has in store for the future.
SAFC at Informex 2012: The Roundup
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
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- SAFC sponsors the Informex Networking Lounge
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- The SAFC Booth at Informex 2012
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- SAFC partners with Rx-360 and Informex to support Habitat for Humanity in NOLA
It is hard to believe that Informex 2012 is already a month behind us. SAFC spent a productive week at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA with industry colleagues old and new. SAFC was not only an exhibitor and presenter at the show, but also took involvement one step further through a social media sponsorship that included sponsoring the Informex Networking Lounge. Over the three days in NOLA, the Lounge offered attendees with a place to meet, network and participate in social media.
