E&L 2011 conference details

Taking place on 7-8 December 2011, in the beautiful city of Rome, Smithers Pira's 5th annual Extractables and Leachables conference was chaired by industry experts Dr Carsten Worsoe of Novo Nordisk, Thomas Egert of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma and Michael Creese of Smithers Rapra.

Co-located with Plastics and Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs, last year's dual conference was a great success, with more than 200 packaging safety professionals from the food & beverage and pharmaceutical industries coming together to share ideas and discuss regulatory developments in the packaging sphere.

The programme featured a comprehensive representation of best practice examples in the pharmaceutical packaging industry as well as the latest regulatory updates, analytical chemist perspectives, and technical innovations from top pharmaceutical companies and materials suppliers.

Companies represented on the programme included:

Programme highlights included:

An update on the status of PQRI PODP efforts to develop best demonstrated practices for extractables testing and toxicological assessment
Thomas Egert, BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA

Contact materials compatibility with biologics: Strategy and case studies
Dr Alda Laschi, SANOFI PASTEUR

Insights into the identification, qualification and utilization of external resources for E&L studies and into the genesis and use of the Safety Assessment Triad
Dr Dennis Jenke, Baxter Distinguished Scientist, BAXTER HEALTHCARE

Missed out?

You can buy the proceedings after the conference. To purchase now, contact Jenny Fehrenbach:

T +44 1372 802166

E jfehrenbach@smithers.com