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This live webinar ‘Weighing According to Ph. Eur. from Mettler-Toledo explains everything you need to know to ensure compliance with the new Ph. Eur. General Chapter 2.1.7 ‘Balances for Analytical Purposes’, published on 1 July 2021. The European Pharmacopoeia is the single legally binding reference work for the quality control of medicines in its European member states, or any pharmaceutical company who exports into the European market. The new regulations, published in July 2021 must be fully complied with after a 6-month transition period, by 1 January 2022.  During this live webin...

1. The internal renewal of the Salesian Charism in Europe. 2. Restructuring our presences to make our mission more efficacious. 3. Sending missionaries to Europe. With regard to the first aspect, efforts are still going on and as you can guess, it is not easy to judge the results. With regard to the second aspect, �restructuring�, several initiatives have taken place. The number of provinces has been reduced. Some houses or activities of houses have been closed down or handed over to lay administration. A few new activities, particularly in favour of the poor of Europe, such as the immigr...

In its next cycle, the Packaging, Storage, and Distribution Expert Committee of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) will be addressing some of the challenges the pharmaceutical industry is facing in terms of supply-chain management, testing for extractables and leachables, and testing of glass, plastic, and metal container closure systems. The 2010–2015 committee will be led by chair Mary Foster, Pharm.D., vice president of quality for Catalent Pharma Solutions. “There are no written standards yet by FDA or USP in areas such as anti-counterfeiting, technologies for track and trace, suppl...

Singapore-born nun left everything for the Lord Sister Valerie Tseng Yeok Ying had a long, illustrious religious life spanning the globe Sister Valerie Tseng Yeok Ying with students in Malaysia. (Photo: Viala Tropica) Tributes have been pouring in for Sister Valerie Tseng Yeok Ying, a Singapore-born nun from the Infant Jesus Sisters who spent most of her life in community animation, education, social work and Biblical apostolate in Malaysia. Sister Valerie died on April 12 at the age of 96. The Church in Malaysia led by Archbishop Julian Leow of Kuala Lumpur joined her family members inc...