Objective Cleaning validation in the pharmaceutical industry is the verification that the cleaning procedure used to remove contaminants from equipment surfaces is successfully reproducible. In pharmaceutical manufacture, plants or individual pieces of equipment may be dedicated to individual products or indeed used in multi-product manufacture. Cleaning should be carried out as soon as practical after the end of processing and should leave the plant in a suitable condition for next use. The impact of inadequate cleaning procedures is that any of a number of contaminants may be present in the next batch manufactured on the equipment. Current cleaning validation techniques are largely based on laborious, time consuming and expensive swab sampling techniques, whereby swabs of the cleaned surface are taken and then tested using HPLC techniques in the laboratory. Equipment can be down for days, which poses enormous economic burden in the pharmaceutical industry.The proposed project will build on the promising results of preliminary research using NIR Chemical Imaging technology to detect on surfaces low concentrations of APIs and detergents used in pharmaceutical manufacture. The results have shown the feasibility of such technology to be used to provide accurate information in real-time, thereby opening up the possibility for the development of a custom-made version of the technology that could be trialled and validated for its use in the pharmaceutical industry as a cleaning validation tool. A portable imaging device will be designed and built and tested on a commonly used APIs and detergents in real pharmaceutical environments in order to validate its effectiveness and reliability. The impact of the uptake of the technology will enable rapid turn-around times, increased through-put and profitability in EU pharmaceutical plants, as well as increased safety standards, which are paramount to safeguarding the health and safety of EU citizens. Fields of science medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugs Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2011-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2011 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator INNOPHARMA LABS LIMITED Address Ashfield crone lower Y14 Redcross Ireland See on map Region Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ian Jones (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MERRION PHARMACEUTICALS IRELAND LTD Participation ended Ireland EU contribution € 6 480,00 Address Lake drive, citywest business campus 3200 24 Dublin See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Brian Boland (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data MANUFACTURAS SERVIPLAST SA Spain EU contribution € 115 769,00 Address Cl cobalto 13 08907 Hospitalet llobregat See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Enrique Romero (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data KUAVA OY Finland EU contribution € 138 760,00 Address Microkatu 1 70210 Kuopio See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Antti Vanne (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data RITA INVEST OY Finland EU contribution € 181 302,00 Address Kaitovayla 1 90570 Oulu See on map Region Manner-Suomi Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Pohjois-Pohjanmaa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rikola Raimo (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT Finland EU contribution € 6 045,00 Address Tekniikantie 4 a 02044 VTT Espoo See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mikko Juuti (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data INSTITIUID TEICNEOLAIOCHTA BHAILE ATHA CLIATH Ireland EU contribution € 12 800,00 Address Grangegorman lower D07 H6K8 Dublin See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Pj Cullen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data IRIS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA Spain EU contribution € 10 282,00 Address Carretera d esplugues 39 41 08940 Cornella de llobregat See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Digby Colm (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
