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Kansas Organizations Sign Nationwide Petition Regarding Access To Condoms In CVS Stores
The Kansas City Star on Sunday examined a national petition -- signed recently by several local organizations -- requesting that CVS Caremark unlock condoms in all of its CVS pharmacy stores. "The petition, sponsored by the labor coalition Change to Win, said CVS stores tended to lock up condoms, especially in low-income neighborhoods with high numbers of minorities," the Star reports. CVS has said the practice is "a defense against shoplifters in stores where large numbers of condoms were stolen," according to the Star. CVS spokesperson Mike DeAngelis said not all condoms are locked in display cases. "DeAngelis also said the group behind the condom petition ò€¦ was mounting a smear campaign against CVS because of a labor dispute," the article states (Erickson, 7/12).
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'Humanized' Mice Speak Volumes
Mice carrying a "humanized version" of a gene believed to influence speech and language may not actually talk, but they nonetheless do have a lot to say about our evolutionary past, according to a report in the May 29th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication.
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New Test For Safer Biomedical Research Results
In cancer research, as in most other biomedical sciences, they are playing a key role: living cells, kept in sterile plastic containers with red culture media populating incubators in laboratories around the world. But do researchers always know what is really living in their culture dishes? Under the microscope, different cell lines are almost impossible to distinguish from each other. When these important research objects stop growing without apparent reason - is it because of the manipulations by the scientists or because of an invisible viral or bacterial infection?
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Prestigious Industry Credential Awarded To Danish And American Pharma Colleagues

Peter Werner Christensen, CPIP, Senior Quality Professional with NNE Pharmaplan, and Sam DeMarco, CPIP, President of Compliance Team, Inc., have met the global competency standard and have been conferred the Certified Pharmaceutical Industry Professional (CPIPTM) credential by the ISPE Professional Certification Commission (ISPE-PCCTM). Christensen and DeMarco are two of 14 professionals to be awarded this new certification and were assessed through demonstrated education, industry experience, and a rigorous examination. The credential offers the first competency-based international certification for pharmaceutical professionals. It represents a global standard and covers a range of competencies from drug product development through manufacturing. The CPIP certification can unlock greater career opportunities and provide a development pathway for pharmaceutical professionals. It also provides industry-wide recognition of accumulated experience, while giving employers and suppliers a competitive advantage by ensuring that their professionals have diverse knowledge and skills that are certified to a global competency standard. Peter Werner Christensen has been an ISPE Member since 2002. He has more than 30 years of experience in the medical device, pharmaceutical, software, telecommunication, and railway safety systems industries where he has managed risk, reliability engineering, and validation according to GMP standards and US FDA regulations. Christensen began his career at S&W Medico Teknik, where he worked "hands-on" in all of the quality disciplines and became knowledgeable about standardization and international approvals. As Quality Manager within different companies, he has assisted the company"s management in business development, establishing corporate culture, and establishing and managing new departments in connection with ISO 9001 and TQM. He has lectured about GAMP, validation, risk management, and the new paradigm of pharmaceutical manufacturing with the use of Quality by Design, QbD, worldwide. He is currently managing projects that follow the new paradigms and ASTM E2500-07. Christensen graduated from the Technical University of Denmark in 1978 with a Masters of Science degree. Sam DeMarco has been an ISPE Member since 1995. He has more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. His expertise includes engineering, commissioning, validation, project management, quality assurance, and compliance consulting for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. DeMarco"s project engineering and management experience began at Baxter Healthcare, where he was responsible for implementing and managing several aseptic technologies and facilities projects. As a consultant, he has managed remediation projects, as well as projects involving commissioning, qualification, and validation of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, process control systems, clean room facilities and HVAC systems, utility systems, process equipment systems, and network/IT computer systems. He has written corporate policy and advised multiple corporations on validation of process control systems. He is currently developing engineering quality management system policies and templates for clients implementing a risk-based ASTM E2500 commissioning and qualification program. DeMarco has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, and a Master of Business Administration from Loyola University of Chicago, both in the USA. To learn more and download a free CPIP eligibility application, visit http://www.ISPE-pcc.org. ISPE Professional Certification Commission


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