Pharmaceutical Laboratories Working Group

The Pharmaceutical Laboratories Industry Working Group focuses on the unique challenges the pharmaceutical industry faces in achieving energy-efficient sustainable design without sacrificing health and safety concerns.

Recent Activities

• In 2006, Labs21 and conference co-sponsor I²SL hosted a pre-conference symposium, High-Performance Hospitals: Technical Challenges, Sustainable Solutions, during which panelists presented on new cleanroom regulations for laboratories and hospitals.
  

• The working group hosted special pharmaceutical sessions at the Labs21 2003, 2005, and 2006 Annual Conferences. Learn how the session explored new strategies for designing high-performance pharmaceutical laboratories.
  

• Learn about the first-ever phone forum held May 12, 2003, on "Implementing Cost Management Strategies into Your Laboratory Design."
  
  
• At the Labs21 2002 Annual Conference, Labs21 sponsored a session to explore successful energy efficiency projects in pharmaceutical laboratories. The session included presentations by Bristol-Myers Squibb and GlaxoSmithKline on laboratory fume hood operation, as well as a discussion of the barriers and solutions to improved performance.

Documents

• Pharmaceutical Industry Issue Paper ( 8 pp., 34 KB, about PDF)
  This paper outlines the challenges facing the pharmaceutical laboratory community, including:

  • Encouraging scientific staff to work meaningfully with facility managers.
  • Designing laboratories that accommodate changes in space and equipment needs, eliminate the potential for cross contamination and other hazards, and maintain effective air dilution or exhaust.
  • Maximizing opportunities for increased environmental performance when designing new or retrofitting existing pre-production testing facilities or pilot plants.
  • Sharing information on new technologies and best practices.

How to Join

To join this working group, send an e-mail with the phrase "Pharmaceutical Laboratories Working Group" in the subject line, and your contact information in the body of the e-mail to labs21@erg.com.

Related Links
(the following links exit EPA )

• American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) - A professional, scientific society with more than 10,000 members employed in academia, industry, government, and other research institutes worldwide.
  
  
• International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) - A worldwide, nonprofit volunteer society of technical professionals involved with pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing industries. ISPE is committed to the advancement of the educational and technical efficiency of its members.
  
  
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) - An organization that represents leading research-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies of the United States.

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Last Updated: October 10, 2007