In just one week SMi Group will return to London for the 6th annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology conference taking place on the 18-19 January 2017.
Aimed at Senior Microbiologists, Quality Control experts and Head of Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Microbiology 2017 will address the complex challenges the field is facing including endotoxin testing, best practices in cleaning and disinfection and contamination control.
The agenda will provide presentations from both regulatory and industry experts who will share recent case studies and discuss developing trends within the field. The line-up will comprise of carefully selected speakers from MHRA, Merial SAS, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer, GSK, Mettler Toledo, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Shire and many more.
With the event taking place in just two weeks' time, SMi have released a list of preliminary attendees. To access the PDF visit the download section of the event website at www.pharma-microbiology.com/mnt
Alongside this, in the run up to their addresses at this year's conference, interviews with Merial, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Alexion are available to download as they discuss the current landscape of pharmaceutical microbiology.
"SMi: What do you believe are the biggest challenges for the industry?
Chris Day, Manager, Microbiology, Bristol-Myers Squibb: I would have to say that transitioning from "traditional methods or technologies" to more rapid and automated ones, and a company choosing to be "the first through the wall" with new or novel technologies when approaching regulatory agencies."
Rapid microbial methods, contamination and endotoxins, environmental monitoring, new mechanisms of detection, risk assessments, the current challenge of biofilms are all hot topics up for discussion this month.
For an enhanced experience, two CPD certified pre-conference workshops will also be hosted alongside the conference by Sanofi and STERIS Corporation and Battelle Memorial Institute to further explore and discuss rapid microbial methods and fungal and bacterial spore contamination.
Pharmaceutical Microbiology 2017 is sponsored by: Lonza, Mettler-Toledo, PMT (GB) and TSI and Merck Millipore.
For sponsorship packages: Contact Alia Malick on +44 (0)20 7827 6168 or email amalick@smi-online.co.uk
For delegate enquiries: Contact Ameenah Begum on +44 (0)20 7827 6166 or email abegum@smi-online.co.uk