Press Releases

Bethesda, Md. – PDA today announces the official launch of its third standard project, “Standard Practice for Quality Risk Management of Aseptic Processes” which is being chaired by Hal Baseman, Chief Operating Officer of ValSource, Inc.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is excited to host its 4th Annual European Meeting: Global Healthcare of the Present and the Future, June 25-26 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the new location of the European Medicines Agency, where industry and regulatory agencies will present their perspectives on the transformation unfolding in the pharmaceutical sector regarding the digitalization and automation of manufacturing processes.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is pleased to announce the speaker lineup for the 2019 PDA EU Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products: Cell and Gene Therapy – From Promise to Cure Conference, in Vilnius, Lithuania, June 4-5. Expert speakers representing industry, government and academia will cover the full breadth of scientific and regulatory considerations for successfully launching and manufacturing cell and gene therapies.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is once again well-represented on “the Medicine Maker” Power List—a list that celebrates pharmaceutical professionals for efforts to improve the industry in various ways. PDA President & CEO Richard Johnson, past-chairs Hal Baseman, Maik Jornitz and James Agalloco are recognized on the “Industry Influencer” list and past-chair Martin Van Trieste is on the “Champions of Change” list.

Bethesda, Md., – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is proud to present the second annual Pharmacopoeia Conference, at the Crown Plaza Geneva, Switzerland, May 16-17.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) today confirmed five speakers representing global pharmaceutical regulatory agencies at the 2019 PDA Biosimilars and Vaccines Conference: Lifecycle Similarities and Challenges, at the Hilton Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif., May 9 – 10, 2019.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) today announced that Yonghua Gao, Deputy Secretary General at the China National Pharmaceutical Packaging Association will present a regulatory update of China’s packaging laws at the 2019 PDA Europe Parenteral Packaging Conference, March 19 – 20, at the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice, Italy.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) today announced the opening of PDA Asia Pacific, the U.S.-based Association’s second overseas office.

Bethesda, Md., – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) announced plans to release the results of its 2019 Technology Transfers Survey during the 2019 PDA Annual Meeting at the Marriott Marquis San Diego, Calif., March 11 – 13. The survey results will be discussed at the Technology Transfer Interest Group session on Tue., March 12, 10:45 – 12:15.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is excited to announce the launch of its new-look website, www.pda.org.

Bethesda, Md., – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) today announced plans to offer its industry-leading courses in pharmaceutical science and aseptic processing in Bangalore, India to serve the industry at-large there. The first course, Aseptic Techniques, will be held in March 2019 and the final course, Microbial Data Deviations will be held in November.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) today announced the results of its Board of Directors Election for the term beginning January 1, 2019. In the fall of 2018, PDA’s 10,500 members had an opportunity to participate in the election of new directors.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is pleased to announce the formation of a PDA technical report team and a task force to advance projects to assist pharmaceutical manufacturers in key areas. Both projects were approved by the PDA Science Advisory Board and have spun out of PDA’s umbrella Manufacturing Science and Operations ProgramSM, which is an advisory body to PDA of leading experts in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) announced the formation of the Pacific Northwest Chapter, its newest chapter. The PDA Board of Directors voted to accept the chapter’s charter and its board of volunteer officers at its September meeting in Washington, DC. The chapter will provide a local forum through which technical professionals in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and British Columbia can support the advancement of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical science and technology.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) has released its Call for Abstracts for the 2019 PDA Europe Parenteral Packaging Conference: Interaction of Product, Package and Process, 19-20 March 2019 at the Hilton Molino Stucky in Venice, Italy.

Bethesda, Md., August 17, 2018 – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is pleased to announce the agenda for the 2018 PDA Biosimilars Workshop, “Getting it Right the First Time for Biosimilar Marketing Applications,” which will be held at the Renaissance Washington DC Downtown Hotel, Sept. 26 – 27.

Bethesda, Md. – The Parenteral Drug Association’s (PDA) Manufacturing Science and Operations ProgramSM (MSOP) Manufacturing Intelligence Task Force will present an update on its activities on Tuesday June 26 at 15:20 CET during the PDA Europe 3rd Annual Meeting at the Berlin Marriott.

Intelligence report analyzes link between post approval change regulations and drug shortages

Bethesda, Md., June 4,2018 – The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is advancing its activities involving the recent release of the draft revision to EU GMP Guideline Annex 1, the European guideline for sterile medicinal products with a recent in-depth workshop on the topic and the formation of a consortium to address pre-use and post-sterilization integrity testing for sterilizing grade filters (PUPSIT).

Bethesda, Md., May 14, 2018 – The Parenteral Drug Association, Inc. (PDA) is pleased to announce that President & CEO Richard Johnson and past Chairs Martin Van Trieste, Maik Jornitz, Harold Baseman, and James Agalloco have been recognized by The Medicine Maker as among the top 25 “Industry Influencers” in 2018.