Annex 1 and Environmental Monitoring Program – Implementation And Justification of The Best Practices In Routine

• What is new? How to implement the changes?
• EM program and Contamination Control Strategy
• Example of Risk Analysis Methodology
• EM program and Data Management

Presented by Benoit Ramond, Head of Microbiology & Sterile Technology at Sanofi

Benoît Ramond is a Doctor in Pharmacy at the University of Paris XI in France and obtains a PhD in Microbiology. He has more than 30 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Since 2016 he is Head of Microbiology and Sterile Technology Expertise in Sanofi Group including Aseptic Processing, Barrier Technologies, Environmental Monitoring Program, Cleaning and Disinfection, and Visual Inspection.  In his function, he has also a leading role in the Annex 1 implementation program within Sanofi.

Laurent Leblanc, 3P Ecosytem R&D Manager at bioMérieux

Laurent Leblanc is a microbiologist and works for bioMerieux’ Healthcare business as R&D manager. He holds a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from the University of Limoges, France. For the last 15 years,  he worked in several biotechnology companies and before joining bioMérieux in 2008 operated in microbiological quality control in the pharmaceutical industry. He is now involved in designing and bringing to the market new innovative and efficient solutions dedicated to the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

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