Advanced Aseptic Processing Technology

by James Agalloco (Editor), James Akers (Editor)

Overview

The preparation of sterile products using aseptic processing is considered perhaps the most critical process in the pharmaceutical industry and has witnessed continual improvement over the last half century. New approaches that have transformed classical aseptic production methods are appearing almost daily. This book reviews emerging technologies for aseptic processing that will markedly reduce the level of contamination risk for sterile products and includes coverage on:

• The use of isolator and barrier concepts for aseptic processing and assembly.
• The application of robotics as an alternative to gowned personnel.
• The increasing reliance on automation to minimize or eliminate operator intervention.
• The design, operational, monitoring and compliance changes necessary for success with advanced aseptic processing.

Advanced Aseptic Processing Technology is an essential reference for anyone working with sterile products, and is recommended for individuals in manufacturing,, compliance, regulatory affairs, microbiology, environmental monitoring, sterility testing, sterilization, validation, engineering, development, facility and equipment design, component and equipment suppliers, automation, and robotics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439825433
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/23/2010
Series:	Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pages:	494
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

James Agalloco is President of Agalloco & Associates. Since the formation of Agalloco & Associates in 1991, Jim has assisted more than 100 firms in the areas of validation, sterilization, aseptic processing and compliance. . He is a past President of the Parenteral Drug Association and a member of United States Pharmacopeia’s Microbiology and Sterility Assurance Expert Committee since 2005. He has authored or co-authored 43 book chapters and over 100 papers, and has lectured extensively on process validation, aseptic processing, sterilization and isolation technology at various industry meetings, domestically as well as internationally. He also co-edited the book Validation of Pharmaceutical Processes, 3^rd edition, Informa Healthcare, 2007.

James E. Akers Ph.D. is President and Co-Owner of Akers Kennedy & Associates and a Technical Consultant to Shibuya Kogyo, Co. LTD. Dr Akers received his BA in Biology from the University of Kansas in 1971 and his Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology from the University of Kansas, School of Medicine in 1976. He is past president of the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) and has participated on many PDA Task Forces. He has written over 100 articles and 28 book chapters on subjects including aseptic processing, validation, biologics manufacturing, isolation technology, and environmental monitoring. Dr Akers is a Chairman of the Microbiology and Sterility Assurance Committee of Experts for the United States Pharmacopeia and has 35 years of experience working in, evaluating and providing design input for clean environments used in research and manufacturing applications.

Table of Contents

1. An introduction to advanced aseptic processing technology 2. Getting started, establishing an aseptic processing systems technology group 3. Aseptic processing facility design 4. Innovations in aseptic processing technology 5. Ergonomics in enclosure design 6. Design and engineering-containment applications 7. Design and engineering of isolators 8. Definition of restricted access barrier systems 9. Rapid transfer port system: the key element for contained enclosures in advanced aseptic processing 10. Aseptic processing transfer systems 11. Disposable equipment in advanced aseptic technology 12. A comparison of capital and operating costs for aseptic manufacturing facilities 13. Risk assessment and mitigation in aseptic processing 14. Sterile product manufacture using form fill seal technologies 15. Genesis of the closed vial technology 16. Aseptic containment 17. Points to consider filling isolator 18. Sterility test isolators-a user's perspective 19. Advanced aseptic processing fill finish trends: options to consider, restricted access barrier systems, and/or isolators 20. Process simulation for advanced aseptic processing 21. Qualification/validation of aseptic processing environments, systems, and equipment 22. Isolator integrity leak inspection 23. Environmental monitoring of advanced aseptic processing technology 24. Decontamination of advanced aseptic processing environments 25. Hydrogen peroxide gas decontamination 26. Isolation technology: hydrogen peroxide decontamination 27. Single-injection vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide decontamination of isolators and clean rooms 28. Chlorine dioxide decontamination/sterilization 29. Current expectations for aseptic processing: a regulatory perspective 30. The evolution of advanced aseptic processing for pharmaceutical manufacturing: perspectives of a regulatory scientist 31. A perspective on European regulations for advanced aseptic processing 32. Advanced aseptic processing technologies in Japan 33. Pilot plants and isolation technology 34. Highly automated isolator-based vaccine filling-a case study 35. Technological advancements in aseptic processing and the elimination of contamination risk 36. Radiopharmaceutical filling line 37. Powder handling installation for high potent bulk pharmaceutical ingredients 38. Isolator technology for aseptic filling of anti-cancer drugs 39. RABS case study 40. Innovation in aseptic processing: case study through the development of a new technology 41. Isolated robotics 42. The future of aseptic processing