Biopharma EHS

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode 28 - PDE reports

June 14, 2021 21:52 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MB

BioPharma EH&S Podcast Episode No. 28. Hello everybody and welcome back to another Episode of the BioPharma EH&S Podcast, my name is Dean Calhoun of Affygility Solutions and this is the podcast dedicated to discussing critical environmental, health and safety issues facing the biopharma industry, helping you take your environmental, health and safety programs to the next level. Well, it’s Monday, June 14th, 2021 and I’m excited to be back today recording today. We have full show for toda...

Biopharma EH&S podcast episode #27

February 03, 2020 15:46 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MB

Hello everybody and welcome back to another Episode of the BioPharma EH&S Podcast, my name is Dean Calhoun of Affygility Solutions and this is the podcast dedicated to discussing critical environmental, health and safety issues facing the biopharma industry, helping you take your environmental, health and safety programs to the next level. Well, it’s Wednesday, January 29th, 2020, and I’m excited to be back today recording today. We have full show for today and a lot of great things to tal...

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode 26

January 03, 2020 22:12 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MB

Welcome back to the Biopharma EHS podcast. In this episode, Dean Calhoun of Affygility Solutions interviews Dave Eherts, Vice President of Global EHS for Allergan. In this 25 minute interview we discuss a wide variety of EH&S issues that Dave was involved in over his 30+ years in EHS. These issues include managing the financial aspects of EHS, potent compound safety and the challenges with occupational exposure limits for pharmaceuticals, and other career advice for EH&S professionals. Nee...

Jul 20 2017 Flashing Briefing

July 20, 2017 17:29

For July 20, 2017. Artificial Intelligence is about to play a major role in the pharmaceutical industry. On July 2nd of this year, Glaxo-Smith-Kline revealed a 43-million dollar deal in which they will use A.I. to make the process of discovering new drugs easier. The goal is to reduce the time it takes from identifying a target for disease intervention to finding a molecule that acts against it. He hopes to bring it from an average 5 and a half years today to just one year in the very near f...

BioPharma EHS Podcast Episode 25

May 06, 2017 20:15 - 30 minutes - 41.4 MB

Occupational Toxicology and Occupational Medicine - Where are they the same and where are they different? In this episode of the BioPharma EHS Podcast, Dean M. Calhoun, President and CEO of Affygility Solutions hosts a discussion between Dr. Mark Cunningham-Hill, President of Worldwide Health Consulting LLC and Dr. Frank Richardson, Principal Toxicologist for Affygility Solutions LLC. The discussion starts out covering the basic elements of an occupational medicine program and the unique c...

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode #24

January 17, 2016 00:27 - 27 minutes - 38.5 MB

In Episode #24 of the Biopharma EHS podcast, Dean M. Calhoun, CIH discusses with Dr. Joe Nieusma, Senior Occupational Toxicologist for Affygility Solutions, the "Mystery of Cytotoxic Compounds." For multi-product pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, this often a controversial topic since many people believe that cytotoxic compounds require dedicated facilities or equipment. It is also a topic of debate when setting occupational exposure limits and acceptable daily exposure values for act...

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode #23

November 19, 2014 03:36 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB

In this episode of the Biopharma EHS podcast, Dean M. Calhoun, CIH, President and CEO of Affygility Solutions interviews Kevin Rosenthal of Pharmatek Laboratories. During the interview we discuss handling potent compounds, potent compound safety, and occupational control banding. Dean Calhoun also responds to the frequently asked question, "What type of equipment do I need to handle a highly potent compound?" If you would like to learn more, visit affygility.com

Risk-MaPP, ADEs, and PDEs: Their importance to multi-product pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities

October 24, 2014 16:58 - 24 minutes - 22 MB

In this episode of the Biopharma EHS Podcast, Dean M. Calhoun, CIH, President and CEO of Affygility Solutions, interviews Ms. Stephanie Wilkins, President of PharmaConsult US, on the subject of Risk-MaPP, ADEs and PDEs: Their importance to multi-product pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. Risk-MaPP stands for Risk-Based Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Products. It is one of the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers' (ISPE) Base-line Guides. One of the essential components of R...

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode No. 20

July 14, 2013 20:49 - 9 minutes - 8.29 MB

BioPharma EH&S Podcast Episode No. 20 Hello everybody and welcome back to another Episode of the BioPharma EH&S Podcast, my name is Dean Calhoun of Affygility Solutions and this is the podcast dedicated to discussing critical environmental, health and safety issues facing the biopharma industry, helping you take your environmental, health and safety programs to the next level. Well, it’s Sunday, July 14th, 2013 and it’s great to be here today. We have great show in store for you today and...

Biopharma EHS Podcast - Episode No. 20: The Future of the Pharmaceutical Industry - The next 100 years.

June 09, 2013 04:53 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

In this podcast, Dean M. Calhoun of Affygility Solutions discusses four key technologies or trends that will have a significant impact on the pharmaceutical industry for the next 100 years. These trends include: the development of medicines in space, the Internet of Things, the Maker movement, and the use of Big Data tools. He will also discuss taking leaps forward and barriers that we will encounter.

Environmental, health and safety auditing of pharmaceutical facilities handling highly potent compounds

July 01, 2012 02:28 - 35 minutes - 73.5 MB Video

In this presentation, Dean M. Calhoun, CIH, with certification in industrial hygiene by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) discusses the key concepts and principles that need to be considered when auditing biotechnology and pharmaceutical facilities for potent compound safety issues. His talk was presented at the World Highly Potent Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Summit in Philadelphia, PA in June of 2012. If you have any questions regarding potent compound safety, EHS auditin...

BioPharma EHS Podcast Episode No. 18

January 31, 2012 15:23 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

Nanotechnology and the Pharmaceutical Industry - an interview with Don Ewert of OSO Biopharmaceuticals. Hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of the BioPharma EH&S Podcast, my name is Dean Calhoun of Affygility Solutions and this is the podcast dedicated to discussing critical environmental, health and safety issues facing the biopharma industry, helping you take your environmental, health and safety programs to the next level. Overview I’ll briefly cover what we talked abou...

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode No. 17

December 23, 2011 15:04 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Containment Validation and Surrogate Monitoring In this episode of the Biopharma EHS podcast, Dean M. Calhoun, CIH, President and CEO of Affygility Solutions discusses the following topics: A review of Episode no. 16 of the Biopharma EHS podcast. In that episode, Dean M. Calhoun, President and CEO of Affygility Solutions, and Dr. Joe Nieusma, Sr. Occupational Toxicologist with Affygility Solutions discuss Category 4 and 5 potent compounds. Our discussions include what factors determine ...

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode No. 16

May 14, 2011 17:51 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MB

In this podcast, Dean M. Calhoun, CIH and Joe Nieusma, Ph.D. of Affygility Solutions discuss Category 4 and Category 5 Potent Compounds - Understanding the Risks. Items covered include: Review of the last podcast What factors go into determining an active pharmaceutical ingredients as a Category 4 or Category 5 potent compound We provide examples of Category 4 and Category 5 potent compounds Review upcoming events and happenings related to environmental, health and safety in the biotech...

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode No. 15

April 21, 2011 21:28 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

BioPharma EHS Podcast Episode No. 15 - Thursday, April 21, 2011. We have a lot of great things to talk about. But before I tell you what were going to discuss I should mention that the twitter hashtag for today’s podcast is #biopharma15. For those of you that don’t know how to use Twitter and believe it’s useless, you should really try it out. OSHA, the EPA, NIOSH and many other agencies and organizations are using twitter. I will put a link to how to use hashtags in the shownotes: h...

BioPharma EHS Podcast Episode #14

April 03, 2011 00:55 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MB

Our main topic for today is the Young Guns of Environmental, Health and Safety [listen to podcast for details] Alright, that does it for our main topic, let’s now talk about some upcoming events. First I should mention, that coming up next week, we have several new webinars starting and you should look at our schedule at Affygility.com. These webinars have been very well attended and we have received a lot of positive feedback on them. In addition to our very popular webinar...

BioPharma EHS Podcast #13

March 28, 2011 02:26 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB

In this podcast, Dean Calhoun of Affygility Solutions discusses Social Media and Environmental, Health and Safety The twitter hashtag for today’s podcast is #socialehs First, I’ll briefly cover what we talked about last time in episode number 12 Then I will cover our main topic for today, which is the use of Social Media in Environmental, Health and Safety industry. And finally, I’ll then discuss upcoming events and happenings of importance to environmental, health and safet...

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode #12

March 06, 2011 04:10 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MB

BioPharma EH&S Podcast Episode No. 12. Saturday, March 5th, 2011 and we have so much to talk about today, so I’m going to get right into it. First off, I’ll briefly cover what we talked about last time in episode number 11 Main topic for today :“Creeping Featurism in Environmental, Health and Safety software”, which I’m quite certain sure will stir up some controversy. Last time in Episode 11 we discussed the topic of “The Evolution of EHS Compliance and Operational Risk Management Soft...

The Evolution of Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance and Operational Risk Management Software

February 27, 2011 05:08 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MB

BioPharma EH&S Podcast Episode #11 Discuss: The Evolution of Environmental, Health and Safety Compliance and Operational Risk Management Software Upcoming Events and Happenings of Importance to Environmental, Health and Safety professionals in the BioPharma industry. Hello everybody and welcome back to the Biopharma EH&S Podcast, Episode #11, it's Saturday, February 26th, 2011. And this is the podcast helping you take your environmental, health and safety program to the next level. Thi...

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode #10.mp3

February 24, 2011 04:51 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MB

BioPharma EH&S Podcast Episode No. 10 Note: This is the abbreviated script of the podcast, for the more detailed version go to http://potentcompoundsafety.com/?p=642 Cover what we talked about last time in episode number 9 Then I will cover our main topic for today, which is “Industrial hygiene in the pharmaceutical industry.” Discuss upcoming events and happenings of importance to environmental, health and safety professionals in the BioPharma Industry. Discussed the topic of “Are y...

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode #9

February 12, 2011 21:49 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MB

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode #9 Opening So for today, first off, I'll mention what we discussed last time, then we I'll cover our main topic for today - which is how to be a road warrior of environmental, health and safety, and then finally, I will mention important upcomings and happenings that are applicable to environmental, health and safety professionals in the Biopharma industry. So, in our last podcast, episode 8, I discussed the future of EH&S. Now, when I'm talking about the...

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode #8

February 02, 2011 03:32 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MB

Biopharma EHS Podcast Episode #8 Oh yay everybody, that’s right.that’s right..how are yay? Folks it’s Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 and that’s right, we’re back we’re back for another episode of the BioPharma EH&S podcast. So what’s on our agenda for today? Our agenda for today on the Biopharma EH&S podcast is the following. AS ALWAYS I’ll briefly cover what we talked about last time , then I’ll jump right into a discussion on the Future of Environmental, Health and Safety, and th...

Biopharma EHS Podcast - Episode No. 7

January 26, 2011 06:01 - 18 minutes - 25 MB

Management Commitment and Involvement - How to obtain it and sustain it for your EHS Program. Introduction. Review last time. Main topic: "Management Commitment – how to obtain and sustain it.” Upcoming events and happenings of importance to environmental, health and safety professionals in the BioPharma Industry. Important announcement to talk about and I’m very excited about this, and I believe you will be too. Episode 6 we discussed some of key regulatory agenda item...

BioPharma EHS Podcast Episode #6

January 10, 2011 03:24 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

I2P2 and GHS - important OSHA regulatory issues for 2011. In this episode of the BioPharma EHS podcast, Dean M. Calhoun, CIH - President and CEO of Affygility Solutions discusses two of OSHA's regulatory issues for the calendar year 2011 that will effect the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. The first issue is OSHA's Injury and Illness Prevention Program, and the second is the Global Harmonization System for Classifying and Labeling Chemicals. In you have a question regarding an ...

BioPharma EHS Podcast Episode #5

January 03, 2011 03:46 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

In this episode of the BioPharma EHS Podcast, the top 10 OSHA violations in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry are discussed by Dean M. Calhoun, CIH, President and CEO of Affygility Solutions. These common violations include the respiratory protection standard, hazard communication, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, electrical, walking surfaces/space, and occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories. In order to avoid these types of violations, companies of all s...

BioPharma EHS Podcast Episode #4

December 23, 2010 04:21 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MB

Occupational health and safety never takes a vacation. In this episode of the BioPharma EHS Podcast, Dean M. Calhoun of Affygility Solutions discusses the problem with having an environmental, health and safety program that relies heavily on one person, and he offers advice on how to build a sustainable program that has bench strength. Other announcements include: The upcoming Dermal Exposure and Absorption of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Webinar The upcoming Advance Topics in Poten...

BioPharma EHS Podcast, Episode #3, December 19th, 2010

December 18, 2010 22:52 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

Call 206-904-3214 for our listener voicemail question and feedback line. In this episode, Dean M. Calhoun, President and CEO of Affygility Solutions discusses how to become an environmental, health and safety rockstar, and has an interview with Joseph Logan, President of Global Advisors. In this interview, Joseph discusses the amount of waste that occurs in the implementation of information technology projects, and how to avoid some of those pitfalls. Dean also gives a shout out to Chris,...

BioPharma EHS Podcast - Episode #2, December 12, 2010

December 13, 2010 03:20 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Call 206-984-3214 for our listener voicemail question and feedback line. This line is open 24 hours per day. Questions regarding potent compound safety, occupational toxicology, industrial hygiene, containment validation, compliance management software, etc. in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device industry are appropriate. Please limit your questions to less than 3 minutes. In this episode of the Biopharma EHS podcast, Dean Calhoun, CIH of Affygility Solutions, discusses...

Biopharma EHS Podcast - Episode #1, December 6th, 2010. Introduction to the podcast, surviving a regulatory inspection

December 06, 2010 18:58 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MB

BioPharma EH&S podcast episode 1 December 6th, 2010 Hello everyone welcome to the inaugural episode of BioPharma EH&S podcast, my name is Dean Calhoun and this IS THE podcast where I will discuss environmental, health and safety issues affecting the BioPharma Industry. I’m here to help answer any questions you may have regarding: * potent compound safety * occupational toxicology * compliance management software. I’ll talk more about that later, how you can submit questions to the po...

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