PBE Expert Inc, we Process, Build, Engineer
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Pharmaceuticals
PBE Expert Inc, is a leading consulting pharmaceutical company involving a Health Canada Expert.
PBE Expert Inc, has successfully accomplished more than 80 projects involving Explosives & flammable products (ATEX, XP), (OEL6, BSL3) High Potent Compounds in compliance with related cGMP requirements from Health Canada, US-FDA, EMA, as well as North Africa regulations.
PBE Expert Inc provides to the pharmaceutical industry with skilled resources, in process engineering, Layout, validation, calibration, maintenance, quality assurance and cGMP compliance.
Sanitary design of process equipment, clean utilities, and pharmaceutical systems implies at the outset the conformity with the standard ASME-BPE and ISPE.
Design of Layouts is implemented through the control of clean environments (ISO-14644-4 and ISPE), by means of appropriate technologies ensuring high confidence in product integrity and quality, cGMP compliance and reducing cross contamination, Mix-Up, and critical gaps.
- Pharmaceutical facilities design
- Clean utilities & Pharmaceutical systems
- Process engineering “ASME-BPE“
- Layouts development & Technical specifications
- Project management (EPCMV)
- cGMP Compliance Audit, PAI & Training
- C&Q – Validation & Maintenance
- Quality assurance & Regulatory affairs
Pharmaceutical facilities design
- “PURS: Product, Process, Plant User Requirements Specifications”, laws and regulations analysis.
- Design of general “Site Master File: SMF”.
- Transfer technology services.
- Skids of production, processes, Layout, cleanrooms, HVAC, design & specifications.
- Clean utilities and pharmaceutical systems design & specifications.
- Warehouse areas, vaults, cold rooms, and Labs quality control areas.
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) and Containment.
- Personnel, material & finished goods Flows & Cross-Contamination (CC) Risks assessment & mitigation.
- Manufacturing cleanrooms integrity asepsis, equipment & products requirements.
- Functional Technical Program (PFT) & Facility Design Qualification (FDQ).
- Gowning & Protective Equipment (PPE).
- Establishment Licenses, Cannabis Producers License, Drugs & NHP registration: DIN & NPN.
Clean utilities & Pharmaceutical systems
- Processes, clean utilities and pharmaceutical systems functional analysis.
- Purity, sterility and the risk level audit assessment (ASTM2500, FMEA).
- Sterilization technologies: by steam, depyrogenation, SIP, and aseptic filtration.
- Equipment, utilities, systems, production rooms, infrastructure list & Cross-Matrix.
- Biological Containment (BSL 1-3) and Biotechnology, effluents thermal kill decontamination system, autoclave.
- Oncological and cytotoxic, High Potent chemical containment (OEL HP2-6), BIBO.
- Single Use Technology requirements and Process and CIP alternative.
- Equipment supplier’s selection and implementation.
- Risk management, impact, gap analysis and mitigation: RAPA, GAPA, ICH Q9, FMEA, ATEX.
- Warehouse, “Push-Back racking”, vaults, cold rooms and quality control Labs design.
- Hazardous chemical & biological waste gas, liquid and solid treatment technologies.
- Support in approval certification “CA” related to environment protection (MDDELCC).
- Energy and water consumption efficiency optimization. Integration of Renewable Energies “trigeneration”.
Process engineering “ASME-BPE“
- Sanitary Design & Process Engineering (ASME-BPE) basic and detailed, 3D drawing and performance specifications.
- Development of PURS, URS, BOD, DDE, PFD, P&ID and “CPP“:
- Specification of materials and internal finishes.
- Sanitary design, dead-legs reduction, optimization of slopes, speeds, CPP.
- Specifications of the valves (diaphragm, Block-Bleed), TC fittings, pumps, filters, exchangers.
- 3D design of processes skids and related equipment.
- 3D design of formulation, mixing and filling tanks.
- 3D design of filling machines, freeze-drying, primary and secondary packaging.
- 3D design of Clean in Place (CIP) skids, COP, sanitisation, sterilization (SIP).
- 3D design of process transfer lines (orbital welding).
- 3D design of the clean utilities, production and distribution: PW, WFI, PS, PCA, N2, …
- 3D design of pharmaceutical systems: HVAC, FFU, autoclave, freeze-drying, vacuum, vent, …
- 3D design of containment systems: Isolator, RABS, IBC, biological hood, …
- 3D design of protective equipment: laminar flow hood, weighing & sampling (UDAF) cabinet, LEV.
- Interlock between the process equipment and building systems & safety devices.
- Automation, PLC, SCADA, integration, BMS, BAS, ERP, SAP, Industry 4.0.
Layouts development & Technical specifications
- Classified areas (A, B, C, D, ISO5-8) and (3D) architects drawings integration.
- Layout integration of the environmental conditions and the specifications of the products: hygroscopic, electrostatic Chemical Containment OEL1-6, explosive, flammable ATEX 1-4, biological containment BSL1-4.
- Development of cleanrooms URS and Critical Environmental Parameters Reviews “CEP“.
- Flow of personnel, equipment, raw material, primary & 2nd PGK materials, finished products, waste.
- Functional grouping, pressure & cleanliness cascades and classification of cleanrooms, ATEX, HR%, BSL, OEL.
- Physical (PAL, MAL, corridors) and mechanical segregations, SOP, gowning.
- Aeraulic diagrams: HVAC, FFU and laminar flow.
- Containment: RABS, isolator, “Glove-Box”, closed equipment and “Split-Valves”, LEV.
- Weighing & sampling (UDAF) cabinet.
- Design of warehouses, “Push-Back racking”, freezers -20°C, cold rooms 2-8°C.
- Raw materials & drugs, in Quarantine, stability, & Batch release (ERP).
- Vaults of controlled substances, alcohol, cannabis, THC, QPIC Services.
- Explosive environment (NFPA, ATEX), biological containment (BSL) and chemical (OEL).
- Layout of quality control of physical & chemical, microbiological and R&D Labs.
Project management (EPCMV)
- Engineering, validation and construction projects management.
- Suppliers and contractor’s selection.
- Works timeline, resource planning, sub-contractors coordination.
- Management, control & optimization of the project costs.
- Follow-up & technical support, review and approval of the workshop drawings.
- Plans and procedures approval of supervision and health safety (ATEX, NFPA, Safe-brige).
- Equipment accessibility, reception, installation & commissioning.
- Supervision and approval of onsite contractors & suppliers drawings for execution.
- Engineering tests, “Troubleshooting” & setting of the PLC processes.
- Management and control of work quality and equipment performances.
- Onsite works progress reports follow-up, benchmark and end of the work certificate delivery.
- Update and approval of all the facility, cleanrooms and equipment drawings and documentations “As Built“.
- Certificate of Conformity, release of payments, customer facility and documentation “hand-over”.
cGMP Compliance Audit, PAI & Training
- Sites c-GMP compliance certification, chemical containment license.
- cGMP compliance Audit and pre-approval inspection (PAI).
- Development of PAI plan and procedure: before, during and after inspection.
- SOP review and updates.
- Corrective and Preventive Actions: CAPA, RAPA, GAPA.
- Plans for remediation.
- Management and Implementation of a change control system.
- Continuous Improvement & Quality Audit of supplier’s qualification.
- Drafting and revision of suppliers Quality Assurance Agreements (QAA).
- Development of the Site Master File (SMF).
- cGMP Training: PBE Expert Inc is a CPMT training company with agreement #0059104 & EPIC/OIQ recognition.
C&Q – Validation & Maintenance
- Traceability matrix and URS and validation cross references.
- Validation Master Plan, (VMP).
- Plan of predictive maintenance, systemic, and preventive.
- Metrology, calibration program, calibration of the instruments, and traceability.
- Mapping (temperature, humidity) cold room, warehouse, freezer, incubator, depyrogenation, autoclave, freeze dryer.
- Commissioning (DQ, FAT, SAT).
- Qualification DQ, IQ, OQ: equipment & classified cleanrooms, quality control Labs equipment, freezer & cold rooms, autoclave, freeze-dryer, isolator, oven, stability room, CIP, SIP, HVAC, PW, EPPI, pure steam, compressed air, N2.
- Sampling Plan, and MACO.
- Process Validation, of cleaning and sterilization (FDA 2011, EMA 2015).
- Sterilization cycles development, Media-Fill tests.
- Computer validation, CSV: BMS, PLC, qualification of ERP software, SAP (GAMP, CFR21-11), data integrity.
Quality assurance & Regulatory affairs
- Quality Assurance & batch release.
- QPIC services for controlled substances: THC cannabis, opiates, morphine.
- Drafting of procedures: SOP.
- Manufacturing operation support and health & safety services.
- Change Control, CAPA, FMEA: Failure Modes Effect Analysis.
- Root Causes Analysis “RCA“.
- Annual product review “APR”, Information technology & Data integrity: Capability.
- Risks management, analysis, and mitigation. Gap analysis and impact study RAPA/GAPA FMEA: ICH Q9, ATEX, FMD-135.
- Industry 4.0, IoT, collection and data integrity, ERP, SAP, LIMS.
- Cannabis producer’s licenses registration, DIN/NPN of THC & CBD.
- Regulatory Affairs, registration of drugs (DIN) and NHP (NPN).
- Registration of the licenses of establishment licenses (DEL) and Medical Devices (MDEL).
Applicable Standards &
Regulations
BPF | FDA | ANSM | Santé Canada | GCC | ISO14644 | ASME-BPE | ISPE | ICH Q9 | AMDEC | ATEX | NFPA | HSE |
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