This month marks Contract Pharma's 10th Anniversary Issue. I thought I would structure my column around that milestone and made a list of 10 essential considerations for a qualified, temperature-controlled packaging system. The list is by no means exhaustive but hopefully you will glean some nuggets and find it helpful.

For those of you planning to attend the PDA Europe Pharmaceutical Cold Chain Management Conference next week in Berlin, you should note that there are a few seats remaining for the PDA post-conference Cold Chain Management Training Course Global Regulations & Standards; Influences on Cold Chain Distribution, Packaging, Testing and Transport Systems, on Thursday October 8th and Friday, October 9th, which will be given at the same location as the conference.

This course is currently offered but once a year in Europe. Further details here.