Equipment and Processing Report-01-19-2011

A company's contamination-control plan is an important document designed to formalize the rationale, methods, and validation of contamination-control procedures in a manufacturing facility. The author describes the role of bioburden in the contamination-control plan.

An industry expert answers a reader's question about using a volumetric dry-material feeder and jet mill to create a finished product.

Improvements in analytical techniques may call for a re-evaluation of the biopharmaceutical industry saying that "the process is the product."

PharmTech's monthly newsletter, Equipment and Processing Report, reviews the Editor's Picks for the January 2011 edition from AdvantaPure and NETZSCH Premier Technologies.