How to Evaluate Antimicrobial Agent Efficacy Webinar
17 Jan 2013
This webinar is no longer available.
An Intertek webinar on how to evaluate an antimicrobial substance to claim its efficacy.
- Date: 17th January 2013
- Time #1: English session 4:00pm CET / 10:00am EST
- Time #2: French Session at 10:00am CET
- Presenter: Soria Hamdaoui, Intertek France Microbiology & In Vitro Laboratory Manager
- Duration: 1 hour
- Languages: French/English
- Cost: Free
Antimicrobial preservatives are widely used in products, materials or processes for the purpose of inhibiting and/or killing the growth of microorganisms. Examples of materials and products are medical devices, textiles, industrial surface disinfectants, cosmetics and healthcare products.
Antimicrobial efficacy is a major concern for the industry from formulation development to demonstrate effectiveness and to meet regulation requirements before placing products on the market.
Topics to be addressed:
- Definition and regulatory context to evaluate a biocide
- What does "efficacy" really mean?
- What are the different approaches? For what kind of biocide?
- Cases for technical evaluation
Who should attend?
- Regulatory Affairs
- Product Marketing, Development and Management
- Product Compliance
- Quality and Safety Management
- Formulation and R&D Management