Tuesday 6 May 2008
08.30 – 08.35 Opening and Welcome Remarks: Per O. Gravesen, Unomedical a/s
Moderator: Per O. Gravesen, Unomedical a/s
0835 – 09.05 A New Transparent Specialty Co-polycarbonate with Excellent Oxygen and Water Vapor Barrier Properties
André van Zyl; Sabic Innovative Plastics, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
09.05 – 09.35 Strategies for Assessment of Leachables in Parenteral Drug Products
Heike Schulz; West Pharmaceutical Services Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Eschweiler, Germany
09.35 – 10.05 Structural Alert Screening Assays and Target Methods to Assess Genotoxicity of Pharma Packaging Leachables
Elly Spies-Faber ; TNO Quality of Life, Zeist, The Netherlands
10.05 – 11.05 Discussion and Coffee/Tea break
11.05 – 11.35 A New Microbial Barrier Test for Porous Medical Packaging Materials – Progress Report
Paul Fielding; DuPont Medical Packaging, Bristol, United Kingdom
11.35 – 12.05 Injection – the Easy, Safe and Simple Way
Tanya Arp-Nielsen; Bang & Olufsen Medicom A/S, Søborg, Denmark
12.05 – 13.30 Discussion and Lunch
Moderator: Per O. Gravesen, Unomedical a/s
13.30 – 14.00 The Potential of Digital Print in the Packaging Sector
Peter Addington; Xaar, Cambridge, United Kingdom
14.00 – 14.30 Practical Solutions to Readability of Labels for Multilingual Distribution
Marty Kerluk; Prisym Id, Wokingham, United Kingdom
14.30 – 15.00 High Speed Integrity Testing and Headspace Analysis for Pre-filled Syringes
Gerhard Schramm; Wilco AG, Wohlen, Switzerland
15.00 – 16.00 Discussion and Coffee/Tea break
16.00 – 17.00 Efficiency in Pharmaceutical Packaging – Three case stories with different approach
Lars Olsen, NNE Pharmaplan, Søborg, Denmark
17.00 – 17.10 Discussion and end of first day
19.00 – 19.30 Cocktails
19.30 Conference Banquet
Wednesday 7 May 2007
Moderator: Per O. Gravesen, Unomedical a/s
08.30 – 09.00 Innovations in Healthcare Packaging
Ian Buckley; Friedrich Sanner GmbH & Co KG, Bensheim, Germany
09.00 – 09.30 From Ready-go-Sterilize to Ready-to-Use: Validation Protocol for Sterile Plungers for Pre-filled Syringes
Francois Dessus; Stelmi S.A., Villepinte, France
09.30 – 10.00 Daikyo Crystal Zenith RU - A Unique Ready-to-use Plastic Prefillable Syringe System
Dirk Sobotta; West Pharmaceutical Services Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Eschweiler, Germany
10.00 – 11.00 Discussion and Coffee/Tea break
11.00 – 11.30 Improved Technical Features for the Manufacturing of Glass Syringes for Pharmaceutical Use: A Cooperation Project
Paolo Golfetto; Nuova Ompi, S.R.L., Piombese Dese (PD), Italy
11.30 – 12.00 High Market Requirements and Their Impact on the Manufacturing of Elastomeric Closures
Renaud Janssen; Helvoet Pharma, Alken, Belgium
12.00 – 13.30 Discussion and Lunch
Moderator: Per O. Gravesen, Unomedical a/s
13.30 – 14.00 Protecting the Product of the Future: The Challenges of Combination Devices
George Mankel; Perfecseal Limited, Londonderry, United Kingdom
14.00 – 14.30 Barrier Plastic Tubes for Pharmaceutical Products
Hugues-Vincent Roy; Aisapack SA, Vouvry, Switzerland
14.30 – 15.00 New Technologies in Ophthalmic Drug Delivery
Matthias Birkhoff; Ing. Erich Pfeiffer GmbH, Radolfzell, Germany
15.00 – 15.30 Discussion and Coffee/Tea Break
15.30 – 16.00 Improved Packaging Development for Blister Packs by Using Finite Element Analysis
Hans-Dieter Laux; Klöckner Pentaplast GmbH & Co. KG, Montabaur, Germany
16.00 - 16.30 Safeguarding Pharmaceutical Products Via Integrated Desiccant Solutions
Gustav Levander; Gerresheimer Plastic Packaging, Værløse, Denmark
16.30 – 16.40 Final remarks and end of conference
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