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Date: 29th - 30th July, 2009

Location: Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Summary:
Pharmaceutical - Exhibition, Seminar

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The PDA Cell Substrate Workshop will focus on new cell lines and cell engineering, raw materials and virus testing. Get the information, skills and guidance you need to address the issues and challenges you’re facing regarding cell substrates.

During Plenary Session 3 of the workshop, learn about new strategies for viral testing of cell lines. Cases of detection of viral contaminants will be reported and the experience of industry with the Q5A-based approach of cell line testing will be summarized on the basis of a survey. Regulatory expectations on validation/qualification of virus assays will be discussed from the standpoint of a European agency.

Presentations include:

• A Comparison of Technologies for the Rapid Detection of Adventitious Viral Infections
  
• New Technologies for Screening of Mammalian Cell Culture for Adventitious Microbial Contaminants
  
• Banking Testing – Now Always Just 'Check The List'
  

Explore New Strategies for Viral Testing of Cell Lines

Rapid Microbiological Methods Course