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COVID-19-related supply chain pressures have created global shortages that led to new vendors, materials, and production pathways to meet demand. These fast-paced changes have caused an emergence of quality incidents both regionally and globally. Globally, over 200 alcohol-based hand sanitizer quality incidents have been reported in 2020. Specifically, in Africa, approximately 20 alcohol-based hand sanitizer quality incidents were reported in 2020.
On February 24, 2021, USP hosted a Global Seminar, Ensuring Quality Hand Sanitizer Production During COVID-19, to help ensure quality alcohol-based hand sanitizer production and support the safe use of alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
Seminar Topics
Presenters and panelists from USP, regulatory, industry, and public health institutions will discuss the global and regional quality risks and solutions when producing alcohol-based hand sanitizer (including its ingredients such as alcohol), including:
- Global quality challenges and public health impact of alcohol-based hand sanitizers from import/export regulations to clinical perspectives on the frontline treating consequences from subquality products
- Regional regulatory and public health strategies to increase trust in alcohol-based hand sanitizers
- Standards, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs), and mitigation strategies for the production (including ingredients such as alcohol), labeling, packaging, storage, transportation, and distribution of alcohol-based hand sanitizer
- Ingredient verification services to help ensure the quality of the ingredients used in alcohol-based hand sanitizer as well as assist with the qualification of ingredient suppliers
- Manufacturing perspectives and best practices from industry peers’ sharing insights on quality in action
Presenters and Panelists
Regulatory and Industry
- Felchism Apolnary, Medicine Registration Manager | Tanzania Medicine and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA)
- Francis Godwin, MBA, Office Director, Office of Manufacturing Quality | U.S. FDA
- Stanislav Kniazkov, PDR, Technical Officer, Medical Products Regulation | World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Medicines, Infrastructure and Medical Equipment Unit, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
- Gurcharan Matharu, Head of Projects & Attainment, Aspen Sub-Saharan Africa
- Nasser N. M. Nyamweya, Ph.D., School of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi
- Paul Tanui, Senior Programme Officer – Technical Support | The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
USP
- Ronald T. Piervincenzi, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer
- Danita Broyles, M.S., Senior Market Development Manager
- Desmond G. Hunt, Ph.D., Principal Scientific Liaison, Science-General Chapters
- Catherine Sheehan, DRSc, M.S., M.S., Senior Director, Science-Excipients
- Misti Spann, Pharm.D., Scientific Liaison, Science, Healthcare Quality & Safety
- Nurisha Wade, Vice President, Healthcare Quality & Safety
Who should attend?
- Manufacturers with alcohol-based hand sanitizers as part of their production portfolio
- Regulatory agencies who support alcohol-based hand sanitizer manufacturers
- Other interested industry groups
Event Summary
Event Presentations
01 Why Quality Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizer Matters, Nurisha Wade
02 Ensuring the Public's Trust in Using Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizer - Francis Godwin
03 Formulating Quality Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizers - Catherine Sheehan
04 Formulating Quality Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizers - Danita Broyles
05 Labeling Packaging and Storage - Misti Spann
06 Labeling Packaging and Storage - Desmond Hunt
For further information, please contact Jacqueline D. Starkes.