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LIVE WEBINAR

Potential designs for leachables studies on process equipment

November 14, 2024

4:00 pm CET

Pieter Van Wouwe

Leachables studies on equipment used in (bio)pharmaceutical production processes are somewhat less common and standardized than in the context of pharmaceutical containers. This presentation will elaborate on multiple case studies, in which a variety of study designs will be discussed. The presentation will focus on the practical aspects and pinpoint the diversity of practical study designs (and related challenges), which contrasts with the rather well known and rather standardized nature of leachables studies on container closure systems.

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Pieter Van Wouwe PhD, Scientific expert

Pieter Van Wouwe received his Master’s degree and PhD in Bioscience Engineering at the University of Leuven in 2011. In March 2016, he started working at Nelson Labs as a project manager, initially mainly involved in scientific interpretations and the reporting of analytical results. Over the years, he has expanded his role and became responsible for designing pharma-related extractable and leachable studies for both packaging materials and process materials. More recently, he has broadened his expertise to include medical devices and combination devices. Providing support for extractables and leachables studies to both biopharmaceutical and medical device companies is one of his current focus points, while knowledge sharing - internally and externally - is also part of his current role at Nelson Labs.