Spray drying is a method of producing a dry powder from a liquid or slurry by rapidly drying with a hot gas. This is the preferred method...

A month ago, in this blog, I wrote about some good things that might come out of this crisis we are in now and I still support that artic...

My purpose in writing this article is not to downplay Corona Virus. I also do not intend to disparage anyone who catches this or has lov...

I find very few people who aren’t super busy in today’s work world. If not right now, then most of us have been there in the past. Too ma...

It is that time of year when many of us make resolutions to improve our lives. If you don’t want to revisit the time-tested decrees of ea...

In the last 10 years or so, there has been more movement in the Biopharma industry to use risk-based qualification and one outcome of tha...

Design/Bid/Build (DBB) In the Design/Bid/Build (DBB) project method, the owner deals with an designers and builders in discreet steps of ...

The short answer is “No, they are not the same thing” Many of OSHA’s safety standards for Construction and General Industry (e.g., 29 CFR...

Value Engineering or VE as it is sometimes called is often a fancy way of saying “Our projected project cost is higher than our budget, s...

Reducing cost is perhaps the most often cited reason for hiring sub-consultants to perform tasks that otherwise would be performed in hou...

​ ​Are you a technical expert in your field of engineering, IT, accounting, or science who now has management responsibilities? Are you ...

In my career, I have been on both sides of the RFP process. I have written them as the owner, and as a consultant in the owners rep role...

If you’ve worked in the biopharma or medical device industry for very long, you have at least seen or heard of HEPA filters. HEPA is an ...

Over the last several years, industry associations, and the FDA as well as other regulatory agencies have been putting more emphasis on r...

In my experience over many years of specifying and purchasing biopharma manufacturing equipment, I have learned that many equipment vendo...

We all know of or have worked for managers who succeed in getting the work done, and directing the people who work for them. Yet somehow...

As we near year's end, I thought I would take a break from the serious technical subjects and try to make my readers smile. Here a three...

There are 3 classes of Biosafety cabinets (BSC's), cleverly called class 1, class 2, and class 3, so you think understanding them would b...

In my career, I have probably participated in scores of GMP audits in various roles and from various perspectives. I have been the audit...