The first PDA Cold-Chain Management Conference will be held at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center on March 27th & 28th, 2006.

By taking an in-depth look at the factors affecting the cold-chain management of pharmaceuticals, the conference will feature 8 plenary sessions providing guidance on how to effectively implement technologies and quality systems within regulatory requirements and public standards to guarantee the safety, efficacy and quality of pharmaceutical products.

You can click here for a pdf. version of the current agenda.

I spoke with Rafik Bishara, PhD., Program Chair of the event this morning. He informed me of a couple of updates. Hugo Wegewijs, Chair of the European C3 will also be presenting a European perspective. Unfortunately, Chris Landauer, Senior Validation Engineer, Amgen, had to withdraw due to a last minute priority and as a result, Rafik will lead the session on Quality Standards.

I have been involved with this event as a planning committee member and will act as moderator at one of the sessions. It will be refreshing to see many new members involved, presenting fresh ideas, topics and procedures in an effort to continuously upgrade cold-chain distribution practices.

PDA Members and non-members can register on-line here.

I look forward to seeing you there!