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News|Webcasts|September 25, 2026
Comprehensive Impurity Control in Pharma: From Elemental to Organic Contaminants
Author(s)PerkinElmer
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Webinar Date/Time: Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM EDT (2:30 PM GMT | 3:30 PM CET | 7:00 PM IST)
As scrutiny around ICHQ3D, USP <232>/<233>, and sterilization validation continues to grow, robust impurity testing has never been more important. Learn how advanced ICP-MS, GC, FTIR, and IR microscopy technologies can help strengthen your impurity control strategy and support global compliance requirements
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Event Overview:
Impurity control is a cornerstone of pharmaceutical quality and patient safety, spanning everything from trace elemental contaminants to organic residues and physical defects. As regulatory scrutiny intensifies across ICH Q3D, USP <232>/<233>, and sterilization validation guidelines, manufacturers need robust, sensitive, and reliable analytical techniques to detect and control impurities at every stage of production and packaging.
This webinar brings together a comprehensive set of analytical solutions addressing impurity control across the pharmaceutical value chain. We'll explore elemental impurities testing using the PerkinElmer NexION 1100 ICP-MS, offering the sensitivity and reliability needed to meet global regulatory standards. We'll then turn to GC-based approaches for organic impurities, featuring the Clarus Nova HS-GC and a novel method for analyzing Ethylene Oxide residues in sterilized medical devices, a critical safety parameter for many pharma and device manufacturers. Finally, we'll examine how FTIR and IR microscopy support contamination and defect analysis, helping identify and characterize unknown particles and material defects in drug products and packaging.
Why Attend
Whether you're responsible for elemental impurity compliance, residual gas analysis, or contamination investigations, this session will equip you with practical insights and technology solutions to strengthen your impurity control strategy from end to end.
Key Learning Objectives
- Understand key analytical approaches for pharmaceutical impurity control, including the detection and quantification of elemental, organic, and physical contaminants across the manufacturing process.
- Learn how advanced technologies such as ICP-MS, headspace GC, FTIR, and IR microscopy can support regulatory compliance, contamination investigations, and product quality assurance.
- Discover practical strategies for identifying, characterizing, and controlling impurities and defects, helping strengthen quality control programs and reduce risk throughout the pharmaceutical value chain.
Who Should Attend
- Lab Managers, QAQC, Scientist
- Engineers, Technicians
Speakers:
Gerlinde Wita
Global Market Manager Pharma,
PerkinElmer
Gerlinde Wita is Global Market Leader Pharma at PerkinElmer based in Austria. She has been a chemical engineer and food technologist since 1989 and worked as a sales specialist professional in materials characterization across Europe.
Dr Maximilian Meis
Application Specialist ICP-MS Germany/Austria & Switzerland
PerkinElmer
Dr. Maximilian Meis studied Chemistry in Münster in Germany. After joining the group of Prof. Uwe Karst, he focused his research on Analytical Chemistry during a PhD, which he finished in 2024. His works concentrated mainly on ICP-MS analyses in areas including nuclear medical tracers or contrast agents. In 2025 he joined PerkinElmer to work as an Application Specialist for ICP-MS in the German speaking region.
Christophe Clarysse
EMEAI Subject Matter Expert | Chromatography and Mass Spectroscopy
PerkinElmer
Christoph Clarysse has over 35 years of experience in analytical instrumentation and has been with PerkinElmer since 1999. Currently serving as Subject Matter Expert for Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry across EMEAI, he supports strategic applications development and new product introductions. Christoph is also a published author and frequent speaker on advances in analytical instrumentation.
Rhys Kelham
FTIR & FTIR Microscopy Application Specialist UK/IE
PerkinElmer
After graduating from the University of Reading in 2014 with a MChem in Chemistry, Rhys Kelham spent 3 years working in the packaging industry using FT-IR, FTIR microscopy and SEM as investigative tools as a part of a European quality laboratory. In 2017, Rhys joined PerkinElmer as an FTIR application specialist. His primary role is to provide technical support for the customers of PerkinElmer FTIR systems. Throughout his 9 years at PerkinElmer, he has worked with countless companies and institutions with varying application areas from pharmaceutical to automotive, from polymers to archaeological.
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