Week Ending June 21, 2024: Featuring EU GMP Inspector Meissner on Annex 1 Implementation Findings

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At the May 2024 PDA Good Aseptic Manufacturing Conference, Austrian (AGES) GMP inspector Christina Meissner reviewed the shortfalls that inspections are revealing with Annex 1 implementation since it came into force in August 2023. Our feature story provides a lot of valuable insights from Meissner on the do’s and don’ts of applying quality risk management, deploying contamination control strategies, transferring materials, and process retrofitting and the deployment of emerging aseptic technologies.

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