Info day – 15 May 2025 in Paris - Detailed programme

Pharmaceutical Industry and Nitrosamines: from Risk Assessments to Control Strategies

08:45-09:15Registration & Coffee welcome
09:15-09:30Information on partners & Day
Mounira Hamoudi – APGI
Paul Smith – Colorcon
Armelle Six – JRS
09:30-10:00Nitrosamines: Background and Regulatory Landscape
Kevin Hughes, Regional Regulatory Director – Colorcon and IPEC Federation
10:00-10:30Strategies to reduce nitrite level in pharmaceutical excipients
Russel Prestipino, Global Business manager – Colorcon
10:30-11:00Coffee break
11:00-11:30Nitrite Analysis in Microcrystalline Cellulose: Challenges and Validation of an IC-CD Method
Christian Althanss, R&D Manager – JRS Group
11:30-12:00Statistical Visualization Options for a Data Pool with Nitrite Results for Customer Risk Assessment
Darek Lewin, Head of Quality – JRS Group
12:15-13:45Lunch break
13:45-14:15Nitrosamines in practice: APIs and FDFs
Sven Wilking, PhD – Head of Regulatory Affairs, API/Intermediates – Midas Pharma GmbH
14:15-15:15Nitrosamines risk management: an overview of the history, current issues and challenges ahead
Guillaume Delsart, Regulatory Affairs Expert – Delsart Regulatory Consulting
President of SFSTP Commission on Nitrosamines
15:15-15:45Coffee break
15:45-16:45Risk assessment regarding the presence of nitrosamines in APIs and excipients: SFSTP methodology applied to a case study
Guillaume Delsart and Saholy Rakotomanga – SFSTP Commission on Nitrosamines
16:50-17:00Closing remarks
Mounira Hamoudi, University of Lille – APGI
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