NEWS RELEASE: Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Leading the Way to Help Labs Comply with Confidence for Upcoming Annex 1 Regulation Deadline
Revised Annex 1 Takes Effect August 25, 2023
INDIANAPOLIS – (July 24, 2023) – Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a global leader in laboratory automation and innovation, continues its relentless commitment to providing laboratories of all sizes with individualized and tailored support to meet the evolving list of regional and global compliance requirements.
Cleanroom laboratories manufacturing sterile medicinal products in the European Union (EU) must make critical changes by August 25, 2023 to ensure Annex 1 Regulation compliance. This is a substantial update to the initial version released in 2008 and provides comprehensive guidance for manufacturers, including the design and control of facilities, equipment, systems, and procedures used for the manufacture of all sterile products to ensure that microbial, particulate, and endotoxin/pyrogen contamination is prevented.
“At 58 pages and 293 paragraphs, we understand laboratory professionals have questions about this updated and broad regulation,” said Anurag Tandon, Global Vice President of Quality Control and Bio-Manufacturing. “This new era of compliance will raise questions, and we are committed to working with laboratories of all sizes to clarify and provide answers to complex questions as we continue to lead the way in providing resources and consultations for laboratories to ensure a seamless compliance transition.”
Key focus areas in the revised regulation include applying the principles of Quality Risk Management (QRM), ensuring continuous environmental monitoring, online total organic carbon (TOC) monitoring, and an increased emphasis on the importance of having a robust Contamination Control Strategy (CCS) in place. The classification of cleanrooms and environmental monitoring is also increasingly important throughout the update.
“Solutions from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences for analyzing total organic carbon, environmental monitoring and particle counting are used every day around the world to help ensure quality and safety in diverse applications,” Tandon continued. “We share a name with measurement principles that drive particle counting and characterization technology – The Coulter Principle – and are a trusted resource for instruments delivering critical data to researchers, formulation development scientists, and GMP-regulated quality control departments around the world.”
MET ONE 3400+ Series portable air particle counters from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences enable labs to monitor air cleanliness in compliance with EU GMP Annex 1 Regulation, ISO 14644, and FDA CGMP, with features that include plug-and-play networking and customized electronic SOP maps.
Annex 1 Regulation also includes a focus on utilities, including water systems. The ANATEL PAT700 TOC analyzer is specifically designed to help demonstrate compliance to the pharmacopeial requirements for TOC and conductivity for purified water and Water for Injection (WFI) systems.
From analyzing TOC to particle counting and characterization, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is here to help with resources and in-person or virtual consultations; simply click here for more information.
About Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
Life sciences. Research. Precision manufacturing. If your life’s calling is in any of these or related fields, you need to know Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. Our mission is to empower those seeking answers to life’s important scientific and healthcare questions. Since 1935, the Beckman name has been synonymous with technologies that simplify and automate complex biomedical testing. Decades later, our global organization also came to embody the scientific legacy of the Coulter name. Today, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is a trusted, worldwide resource for tools to help optimize research and manufacturing efficiency. Centrifuges. Particle counters/analyzers. Automated liquid handlers. Flow cytometers. Genomic reagents. All these products—and many more—continue to make a difference in people’s lives by improving the productivity of dedicated scientists, quality control experts and others. Wherever people need answers, from prestigious universities and major pharmaceutical companies, to small biotech startups, food/beverage and electronics manufacturing facilities, you can find Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. For more details, visit beckman.com/contact-us
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