Product Safety: Future State of Sterility Assurance and the Role of Terminal Sterilization

This webinar will address: Treatment of packaging material with photon and electron radiation is an essential part of the sterilization process. The effect of irradiation on these materials is crucial for packaging engineering to understand the material effects. Many polymers used in the medical and pharmaceutical fields show some degree of degradation after radiation exposure, which can be determined either by visual or physical measurement. What mechanical properties are important, how are they tested and what degree of degradation might be allowed? This presentation contains a brief overview of ionizing radiation, and how it interacts with materials. Packaging considerations for gamma/X-Ray/electron beam radiations will be reviewed. This webinar originally aired as part of Pharmapack Europe 2021

In this webinar, originally part of Pharmapack Europe 2022, S. Ross Tsakas, Pharmaceutical Segment Leader, Sterigenics discusses parenteral drug development. Parenteral drugs and the drug development lifecycle represent complexities across the multi-year, multi-million pledges made. With over 90 years of experience supporting the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries, we have identified 5 key hurdles: sterility, quality control, compliance, regulatory affairs, and routine manufacturing, we will delve into each challenge in a systematic, concise, yet compelling manner. As sterilization becomes a top-of-mind priority for clients along the entire supply chain, we stand poised to facilitate bolstering global health through strategic support initiatives that expedite products to market and help ensure their safety.