Finished Drug Product Distribution Warehouse Commissioning

distribution warehouse

The Challenge A large pharmaceutical company planned a new construction finished drug product distribution warehouse located in Indianapolis.  The project included controlled room temperature (CRT) storage, refrigerated storage, and freezer storage for products as well as an attached administrative office area.  The project was part of a pilot project delivery method and involved adapting an […]

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Blister Card Packaging Line Qualification

blister card packaging

The Challenge A pharmaceutical manufacturer in Indiana requested help from Performance Validation (PV) with the commissioning and qualification of a new blister card packaging line for a new product launch, as well as facility and utility modifications to support the new packaging line. The packaging line was intended primarily for a new product that was […]

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Non-Destructive Leak Tester Qualification

package of pills

The Challenge A Midwestern pharmaceutical company planned to upgrade their in-process checks for blister card integrity from a destructive blue dye leak test to a non-destructive, vision system-based leak test. The existing blue dye leak test required that all tested blister cards be discarded even if they passed. This caused the customer to lose money […]

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DNA Based Diagnostic Project

DNA double-helix on laptop screen with scientists' hands

The Challenge A Midwestern diagnostic company desired to bring a DNA based diagnostic to market as an FDA approved medical device. The device would be cleared through the FDA PMA approach and would be the companies first FDA approved medical device. A parallel submission (FDA/CMS) would be utilized.  The technology represented an innovative, groundbreaking approach […]

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Capacity Expansion at an Animal Health Facility

animal health facility with feed on conveyor belt

The Challenge An Animal Health Facility in Georgia desired to increase the production capacity of an API in order to meet anticipated customer demand. This product is an innovator in helping to meet the future demand for affordable food. Rather than simply adding duplicate capacity, the facility desired to achieve the capacity increase through process […]

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Building Management System Validation

building management system

The Challenge A leading pharmaceutical packaging company planned to migrate their outdated Building Management System hardware which controlled and monitored their freezers, coolers and packaging suites to their existing BMS system. The monitored temperature controlled spaces contained product during the migration.  In addition, the software for the AHU for the packaging suites was also upgraded. […]

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Legacy ERP Validation Project Summary

scientists in lab coats checking laptop and supply inventory

The Challenge A mid-sized medical device company, subject to cGMPs, needed to bring their legacy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system into FDA compliance. The system is called Sage 100. They had not validated it in the past. This was clearly a concern to them and a gap they needed to mitigate as soon as possible. […]

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Multiplexing Laboratory System CSV

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The Challenge A leading health care research laboratory contracted Performance Validation (PV) to create a Computer System Validation (CSV) package for a multiplexing laboratory system.  This system is used to perform quantitative analysis of proteins and nucleic acids in a variety of sample matrices for their clients.  The instrument and its data acquisition / analysis […]

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Tablet Press Automation Qualification

The Challenge A large mid-western pharmaceutical company planned to upgrade their Manesty, HATA, and Korsch Tablet Presses (30 Presses total) with a Tablet Press Automated Controller (TPAC) to better control the manufacturing process and provide user security levels and functionality along with a standardized operator interface. An additional challenge is that during the project innovations, […]

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Startup Medical Device Manufacturing Facility – Establishing the Quality System

A medical device manufacturing facility

The Challenge A large Multi-National Medical Device company was seeking to expand manufacturing operations in Asia.  This new manufacturing site located in China, needed to develop and implement a complete quality system, and satisfactorily complete local and corporate audits in preparation for facility startup. The Solution Performance Validation provided consultants to assist the client team […]

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