BioPharm International-11-01-2002

by S. Alison Arnold, Linda M. Harvey, and Brian McNeil from the Strathclyde Fermentation Center, Strathclyde, Scotland; and Jeffrey W. Hall, Foss NIRSystems Although rarely available, timely process information about fermentation biomass, substrates, intermediates, and nutrients is required to make control decisions. NIR spectroscopy offers the opportunity to improve fermentation processes by incorporating rapid, nondestructive, multiconstituent analyses of fermentation broth media directly into fermentation monitoring and control strategies.

by Joseph Noferi, Edward R. Arling, Ralph L. Dillon, and Mikael Blomqvist, Pharmacia An FDA Warning Letter can be a business disaster. This case study tracks a company from receipt of an FD 483 ? that did not find contamination, but only the potential for contamination ? to 18 months later when the facility received a clean bill of health. What it did to get there ? and what it learned ? may keep your site from losing its operating freedom.