Institute for International Research

Conference Highlights:

Visionary Keynote/Featured Speakers Include:

Eric John Bergin, Manager, Business Development, Charter Medical Ltd.

Ran Zheng, Executive Director, Plant Manager, Clinical Operations, Amgen Inc.

Timothy Matthews, Senior Engineer, Group Leader, Process Development Engineering, Genentech, Inc.

Pre-Conference Workshop:
Extractables and Leachables: Advances in Understanding for Practical Analysis

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Special Event: BPSA 2nd Annual Business Roundtable

Sponsored by:

Time: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 · 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM with Networking Reception to follow.

Topics: Federal health care reform initiatives and their possible impact on pharma; vaccine plant design and engineering incorporating disposable bio-process systems; automation advances in bio-container manufacturing. See the agenda

Roundtable Moderator: Jerold Martin, Pall Life Sciences, Chairman, BPSA

Location: Portofino A/B: Hyatt LaJolla

Registration: Separate registration fees apply, please view the PDF form

Contact Information: Kevin D. Ott, BPSA Executive Director · 202-974-5218 · kott@plasticsindustry.org

"Single-Use" Bio-Processing Alliance (BPSA) Meeting to Cover White House Health Care Reform Initiatives, Economic Topics - View This Press Release

IBC's Single-Use Applications for Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing is well known in the industry as the largest, most well respected event focused solely on disposables. This year's conference program provides a thorough education on topic areas such as equipment technologies and processes through validation, integrating disposables into facilities, and implementation tools, as well as new data from vendors on how plastics are manufactured.

What You Will Learn:

• Strategies for Risk Reduction
• Open Platform Approaches for Implementing Fully Disposable Process Trains
• How to Achieve Interchangeability for Assured Supply Chain
• Innovative Ways to Enhance Facility Capability with Disposables
• Departmental Interaction Strategies for Effective Communication and Implementation
• New Data from Vendors on How Plastics are Manufactured.

Plus! Learn from case study presentations that cover multiple product types so you can learn what works - and what doesn't.

Our faculty of experts will present their most up-to-date knowledge and proven strategies that you can implement at your company to ensure you are maximizing your single-use systems and moving them forward. See how you can minimize your investments and get your candidates into production faster.

• Hear the latest case studies for a variety of types of biopharmaceutical and biologic products being produced using disposables.
• Benchmark your company's efforts by hearing reports from all types of companies including Amgen, Genentech, Bayer HealthCare, Wyeth, Pfizer, Sanofi Pasteur, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novavax, Acceleron, OncoMed, National Serum Institute of Denmark, Crucell, Shire and more.

Hear What Past Attendees Had to Say About their Conference Experience:
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"Attending a SUA conference for the first time was an extremely interesting as well as an educational experience."
- Fred Small, Senior Manufacturing Specialist, Human Genome Sciences, Inc.

"This meeting provides an excellent opportunity to meet with peers and vendors to share experiences and build toward our future."
- Jeff Hogan, Principal Engineer, Clinical Bulk Manufacturing, Amgen Inc.

"This conference will provide excellent input to the single-use field, which is important to our company."
- John Madsen, Ph.D., Director, Bioprocess Development, Novavax Inc.

"A very good conference, which provides an excellent overview of all items in the field of single-use knowledge."
- Wolfgang Paul, Ph.D., Group Leader, Process Research, Roche Diagnostics, Germany

» Register now to ensure that your company is on the cutting-edge of this important time and cost-saving trend.