Provided below are:
● the table of contents (p.1) ● information about IPQ (p.2), and ● the editor’s note on the issue (p.3).
The February 2019 issue provides an in-depth review of: ● FDA’s increased focus on water systems as microbial contamination problems, particularly with B. cepacia, continue to surface around the world in non-sterile as well as sterile products and drive changes to the US and European pharmacopeias, and ● the role of the U.S. National Institute of Standards (NIST), in collaboration with a host of stakeholders, in creating a more robust standards infrastructure to support the complex development, manufacturing, and control challenges presented by rapidly evolving biotech products and processes.