Pharmaceutical Microbiology Interest Group, PharMig, receives recognition from the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and toiletries industry with special award for training
The Pharmaceutical Microbiology Interest Group (PharMig) received recognition from the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and toiletries (PCT) industry at the recent PCT 2002 conference when it received a special award for training sponsored by global microbiology company Oxoid.
Brian Alexander, of Tepnel Scientific Services and PharMig committee member, received the award on behalf of PharMig from Oxoid's industrial product manager, Elaine Fraser. PharMig was formed in 1991 to provide a common voice for microbiologists within the PCT industry, particularly when dealing with regulatory bodies.
Meeting every two to three months to discuss current regulatory and microbiological issues, members of the group share and exchange knowledge and views from their own experiences.
The services PharMig offer to the industry include on-site training visits to microbiology laboratories within associated industries and organisation of external training meetings and courses on specific subjects Topics recently covered by PharMig include 'Surviving a Microbiological Audit', 'Biological Indicators' (a training session held jointly with the Industrial Pharmacists Group) and 'Practical Disinfection and Cleaning' (a training course held at the University of Bath).
Training sessions coordinator for PharMig, Andy Martin, comments, "The first we knew about the award was when we were told we had been nominated by the industry.
Training is an important aspect of PharMig's objectives, enabling companies to benefit from the breadth and quality of our experience.
The group is dedicated and focussed, ensuring that the training courses we provide are relevant and helpful to the industry.
We're delighted that the industry has recognised our efforts in this way." "We were delighted to sponsor the PCT Training Prize for the second year running" says Colin Booth, vice president science and technology at Oxoid.
"We are equally delighted that PharMig were the winners and applaud their commitment to the sharing of knowledge about pharmaceutical microbiological within the industry."
