Sep. 30, 2009 (PR Newswire) -- WOBURN, Mass., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Validation Technology (IVT) is pleased to announce the full agenda for their upcoming Validation Week conference. The program, in its 15th year, is the industry's longest-running validation event and is chaired by William H. Hall, Ph.D., President, Hall & Associates, Inc. The conference will take place in Philadelphia, PA, on October 28-30, 2009.
IVT's speaker faculty includes the country's leading experts in the life science industry, and a day-one Keynote Panel Discussion, "Know the Impact and Expectations of FDA's New Process Validation Guidance for Industry," will be a highlight at this prestigious event. With 32 interactive sessions and workshops from which to choose, attendees have the luxury of creating their own conference tailored to their unique experience and needs.
Leading validation experts and regulatory representatives from companies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Boston Scientific, Wyeth, Abbott, AstraZeneca, Merck, Alcon Research, Medarex and MedImmune address ideal ways to:
-- Validate Facilities, Equipment and Critical Utilities
-- Understand FDA's Emphasis on Statistics and Variance
-- Establish Acceptance Criteria for Performance Qualification
-- Integrate Data Integrity into Computer Validation Processes
-- Integrate QbD and Risk into Validation Processes
-- Develop and Write Validation Master Plans
-- Implement Validation and Compliance Training
-- Optimize Testing for Validation
IVT has been at the forefront of promoting validation initiatives since validation became a hot-button in the 1990s. Validation Week brings together industry experts with experience in all facets of the validation arena, including process validation, computer and software validation, method validation, cleaning validation and facility qualification. This very well-known event is the largest and longest-running event dedicated to validation in the life science industry. For more information on the conference or to view the entire agenda, please visit http://www.ivtevents.com/valweek.
About IVT:
The Institute of Validation Technology (IVT) Conference Division features the most notable validation and compliance experts in the FDA regulated industry. IVT stands alone in its quest to continually educate pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical device professionals in validation concepts and regulatory initiatives. Through over 15 years of providing timely, cutting-edge conferences, IVT's philosophy remains that each of our events provides valuable take-home knowledge that can be immediately implemented at every level. For more information, please visit http://www.ivtevents.com.
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