FDA – Inspection Trends

Summary of presentation by Doug Kovacs, Supervisory Investigator, FDA- New Jersey District At the recent Contract Pharma show, hosted in New Brunswick, NJ, Doug Kovacs spoke about the top 10…
Fedegari Opens Training Facility in Sellersville, PA

Fedegari Opens Training Facility in Sellersville, PA

Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing by Dr. Andrea Wagner, Senior VP Of Business Development     On September 10th BSM’s CEO and head of engineering travelled to Sellersville, PA for the ceremony…
CMOs Beware of GDUFA Fees

CMOs Beware of GDUFA Fees

Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing by Andrea Wagner, PhD     The FDA instituted a new program in 2013, to charge API and finish drug product facilities who manufacture generic drugs an…
BSM’s Amazing Steam Sterilizer

BSM’s Amazing Steam Sterilizer

Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing     BSM’s FEDEGARI autoclave has the capability to terminally sterilize syringes, bags, vials and ampules with a 20,000 unit load capacity.  The autoclave has internal heat…
Understanding new regulations for HVAC validations

Understanding new regulations for HVAC validations

Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing by Andrea Wagner     The FDA issued a new guidance document in 2011, General Principles and Practices for air filtration, which discusses the process validation of…
Sterile Connections in Non-Sterile Environments?!

Sterile Connections in Non-Sterile Environments?!

Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing by Andrea Wagner     Has Pall Corporation accomplished the impossible?  Yes, you can perform sterile transfers of products and tangential flow in a non-sterile environment with…