Pharmaceutical Microbial Monitoring & Control II

About the speakers:

• Vanessa Figueroa, Chief Executive Microbiologist and Independent Consultant at VVF Science, brings over 20 years of experience in the life sciences industry, supporting Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, and Medical Device companies. Her expertise includes sterility assurance, aseptic processing, contamination control, microbial investigations, environmental and utilities monitoring programs, and quality control laboratory management. Mrs. Figueroa has worked with leading US, EU and international pharmaceutical and device companies, leveraging her knowledge of U.S. and global regulatory standards to improve quality and compliance. She has authored numerous technical publications covering topics such as out-of-specification (OOS) investigations, microbial identification methods, and aseptic process simulations. She holds US and international patents as a co-developer of Virtuosi®, an innovative education and training platform for the life sciences industry. Vanessa holds a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from the State University of New York at New Paltz and a master’s degree in molecular biology and microbiology from San Jose State University. She is an active member of professional organizations, including the Parenteral Drug Association, American Society for Microbiology, and Association for Women in Science, where she continues to contribute to the advancement of the field through mentorship, thought leadership and collaboration.
• Ségolène Lebrun: With a 13 years of background in microbiology, I quickly joined the medical device industry, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, holding positions as laboratory manager and sterility assurance manager.
  This hands-on approach to microbiology allowed me to develop skills as a manager and project manager, but above all, it gave me significant visibility into the quality approach in industry.
  Now a consultant in the healthcare industry (pharma, biotech, cosmetics, medical devices), this choice allows me to develop my knowledge and challenge myself on a daily basis on topics that fascinate me and that drive industrial sites: contamination control in clean and controlled environments, but also manufacturing processes, sterility assurance, and troubleshooting, i.e., investigating the causes of contamination, are my favorite topics!
  With the evolution of regulations, I also work to support you in building and strengthening your documentary and technical quality system, in particular through the Contamination Control Strategy (CCS), Annex 1 gap analysis, and contamination risk analysis.
• Anders Widov is a Critical Utility Specialist specialized on design of water distribution systems. Anders started his career in the Pharmaceutical Industry in 1990 working as a Project Manager at a consultant company. Although at different companies he has remained responsible for several projects in Europe, Asia and North America as Project Manager and Sales Manager primarily with water systems. Anders is one of the authors of ISPE Baseline Guide volume 4 on Water and Steam Systems and has also been involved in several Good Practice Guides from ISPE. He is the former chair of ISPE Critical Utilities International Steering Committee and a former chair of ISPE Nordic Affiliate. Anders has a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden.

This seminar is designed for professionals in QA, QC, Microbiology, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Technical Management — the driving force behind quality and compliance in pharma.

 Dates: March 25–26
 Time: 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM
 Location: NET-PHARMA Barcelona
 Language: English

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*Seminar language: English