NSW Pharmaceutical Group : Contamination seminar (NHG1740)

When:  Jun 12, 2025 from 13:00 to 18:00 (Sydney Time)
Associated with  NSW Branch

 

Contamination in the pharmaceutical industry poses a dual threat—compromising product integrity and endangering the environment. This seminar brings together experts and professionals to explore the sources, consequences, and control strategies for contamination both within manufacturing processes and in the ecosystems affected by pharmaceutical waste. 

 
Join us for a comprehensive look at how we can protect both patient safety and planetary health.

    Program:
12:30 – 13:00 Registration

 
13:00 - 13:15 Chair seminar welcome and introduction
  
13:15 – 13:45 Current guidelines (ICH and Pharmacopeial). How were these limits even set?
TBC


13:45 – 14:15 New and emerging contaminants – chemical
TBC


14:15 – 14:45 New and emerging contaminants – microbiological
Peter Ng - Woolworths


14:45 – 15:00 Questions and discussion


15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon Tea


15:30 – 16:00 Contaminations from therapeutics – environmental impact  
Stuart Khan, Professor and Head of School, Civil Engineering - The University of Sydney


16:00 – 16:30 Contamination in our Drinking Water
Justice Esoun-Nyarkoh - Sydney water


16:30 – 17:00     Strategy/Current thoughts on how to address them
Bradley Clarke, Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Analytical Chemistry - 
The University of Melbourne


17:00 – 17:15 Questions and discussion


17:15 Drinks and canapes

 

    

 

Event Organising Committee

Scott Colbourne 

 

  

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Event Terms & Conditions

Cancellation Policy C applies to this event. For full details, view our Cancellation Policy. By registering for this event, you agree to, and will be bound by, the RACI Event Terms and Conditions and Event Code of Conduct.

  

Note: the Pharmaceutical Science Group reserves the right to omit or change presenters and/or presentations without prior notice to seminar/webinar attendees.  Also note that the Group may deny registration(s) if the venue or webinar licence capacity is filled with prior registrants.

  

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Registration Dates

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Registration Ends Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Location

Pharmacy Lecture Theatre, Pharmacy School
University of Sydney
Camperdown, NSW 2050

Pricing Information

Registration Price
Student Member $30.00
Post Graduate Student Member $80.00
Member $100.00
Non-Member $160.00
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Contact

Faith Fraiia
+61 (0)3 9328 2033
events1@raci.org.au