mitigating risk in pharmaceutical manufacturing

We are very pleased to announce that two of our sites in Asia Pacific have received two additional safety accreditations recently, which further demonstrates and acknowledges our team’s continuous commitment to health, safety, and environment throughout West and the industry.

Eecho Wang

Specialist, Communications, Asia Pacific

In 2004, Camp Victory, which is located in Millville, Pennsylvania, and operates camps for children who live with chronic health disadvantages including spina bifida, autism and cancer, added a wheel-chair friendly treehouse to their “Wish List” of needs. The tree house came with a hefty price tag and for several years, it sat on the list untouched. Just when Camp Victory was about to remove the treehouse from the wish list, it received a call from West’s CEO Don Morel and the campaign to build “Uncle Walt’s Treehouse” was born.

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Subvisible particulates (defined as those in the 0.1-10 micron range) are a growing concern for injectable drug manufacturers. The particles may cause aggregation, which can impact the drug product and create a potential safety risk for the patient. To help ensure product quality, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends that manufacturers gain a better understanding of how subvisible particles impact the drug.

Whitney Winters

Director, Sales, Emerging Biologics

For vial containment and pre-filled syringe systems, it is essential to maintain drug sterility over shelf life. Ordinarily, such maintenance comprises prevention of ingress of oxygen, water, and microbes. To demonstrate this, it is essential to perform "container closure integrity testing” (CCIT), or leak testing.

Birgit Mueller-Chorus Ph.D.

Manager, TCS. Components Development

<p><em>Teams Place 15 and 28 out of 120 Teams</em></p><p>The West DragonPhyre and DragonPhlame teams placed 15^th&nbsp;and 28^th, respectively, out of the 120 teams competing at the 11^th&nbsp;Annual Philadelphia Dragonboat Festival on October 6, 2012.</p>

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