With this issue, Pharmaceutical Engineering® launches a new feature in P+E: profiles of Communities of Practice (CoP) leaders. These leaders are central to the success of ISPE’s CoPs, which spearhead the generation of ISPE’s gold standard content, including Good Practice Guides, Pharmaceutical Engineering articles, conference presentations, and training programs.
When nominating Martin (Marty) Lipa, Executive Director, Knowledge Management, Merck & Co. Inc., for the 2022 Max Seales Yonker Member of the Year Award, Anne Greene, Professor, Technological University Dublin, said, “Arguably the last year has been pivotal for the practice of knowledge management (KM) in the pharmaceutical industry based on new knowledge management frameworks and guidance...
ISPE’s new Advancing Pharmaceutical Quality (APQ) Guide: Process Performance and Product Quality Monitoring System (PPPQMS) focuses on the key aspects of maintaining and establishing an effective PPPQMS. An effective PPPQMS is crucial to establishing and maintaining a state of control. It enables continual improvement and is key to proactively identifying the need for product quality and...
The Commissioning and Qualification (C&Q) CoP was one of the first Communities of Practices to be established at ISPE. One of its founding members, Steve Wisniewski, Principal Consultant, CAI, said the Communities of Practice was formed in 2004 to identify and promote more efficient approaches that resulted in pharmaceutical facilities being fit for their intended purpose.
As one of the founders of Cheme Engineering, Nik Krpan was instrumental in the start-up of the company. He became president of the company in 2012. Nik says that leading the company through continued growth has been an exciting aspect of his career. “We started with five people and now we have more than sixty. It’s been really rewarding to be part of a creating an environment where people can...
More than 200 people celebrated the 2022 Facility of the Year Award Winners at a reception and banquet Sunday night at the 2022 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Florida.
