PSDG In-Person Meeting
May 17 - May 19
| $995.00Registration is now open for Spring 2026 Pharmaceutical Stability Discussion Group meeting. We’ll meet in person with stabilitarians, stability stakeholders, consultants, and suppliers from all aspects of the medical product stability community. The program includes presentations, Q&A, benchmarking, best practices, vendor exhibition, and a tour of the host stability sample storage facility as well as an enjoyable networking function. You’ll come away with valuable new knowledge and industry connections with peers and suppliers. It is highly recommended that those attending have a minimum of 2 years of experience as a stakeholder in the Stability process or attend with a colleague who does.
Information About the PSDG Meeting
The Sunday afternoon to Tuesday afternoon format requires 2 days out of office and includes:
- Presentations on Stability Storage & Sample Control topics
- Stability Vendors Exhibition / Reception
- Benchmarking Q&A Segments on a range of Stability topics of your choice*
- Breakout sessions to drill down on Stability function areas chosen by the participants
- Evening networking excursion and dinner at a North Carolina cultural/historical site
- Tour of the Precision (Div of Astoriom) Stability Storage facility for demonstration of latest equipment and best practices.
Past participants have reported that PSDG meetings have provided the detailed information they needed regarding best practices, stability community benchmarks, inspection experiences, and supplier equipment and services, in a pleasant interactive environment.
Participant Registration is $995 which includes meetings, meals, and Networking Event
Exhibitor Registration $995 includes Sunday presentations, Exhibition table/hook-up, refreshments, and buffet dinner for up to 3 representatives
PSDG also has event segment sponsorship opportunities. Inquire via our contact form.
Hotel Room Block Rates available at Hampton Inn & Suites, I-95 Wilson, Code PSDG
What topics will be discussed at the PSDG meeting?
Participants set the PSDG meeting agenda by submitting topics & questions on the registration form. For those who need a specific topic list for approval, below is a list of topics often included. If you request a topic, it will be on the agenda. If we run out of submitted topics, we use these:
- Stability Regulations, Guidance & Regulatory Questions
- International Protocols vs. Lone Ranger Nations
- Stability Chambers: Reliable Brands, Validation, Calibration, Preventive Maintenance
- Chamber Monitoring: Systems, Set Points, Practices, and Pitfalls
- When things go wrong: OOS, OOT, Excursions, NCEs, CAPAs, and Notifications
- Shipping & Handling: Standards, Practices, Problems, Monitoring & Regulatory Challenges
- Laboratory Issues: Shelf Life of standards & reagents, reporting formats, investigations, etc.
- LIMS: Reliable Brands, User Requirements, Selection, Validation, Optimization, Retirement
- Statistics: Scope, Practices, Programs, Bracketing & Matrixing, Reporting, Networking
- Samples: Orientation, how many, what surplus, chain of custody, labeling, control, retains
- Training: Scope of topics, scope of learners, training sources, rationale & timing for retraining
- Reporting & Formatting: FDA/EMEA/Japan/other, HL-7, Detail level for changes & anomalies
- Moving Your Operation: Redundant Mechanical Systems, Back-up Sites, Disaster Planning
- Biotech Product Stability Unique Demands: Low Temperatures, Holding Stability, Wider Specs
- Medical Device Stability Unique Demands: Product Aging Differences, Predictive Models
- Use of CDMOs: Reliability, Communications, Adaptation of Procedures, Auditing
- Packaging: Reliable materials, innovations, standardization, common liabilities & pitfalls
- Leveraging Stability Studies: Scope, Criteria, Pitfalls, Experiences with Regulatory Feedback
- Handling Zone 4: splintering and difficult regional demands from individual nations
- Stability Operations & Lab Staffing: What structure & staffing levels work with lean concept?
- Stability Intelligence: Courses, Seminars, Workshops, Associations, Discussion Groups, Websites
- Specialized Studies: R&D, Packaging, Toxicology, & Clinical Trials, Placebos, Comparators
- API Studies with Simulated Bulk Containers: Commercial Studies, Commitment & Annual
- Photostability: requirements, equipment, practices, & pitfalls
- Best Stability Inventory Practices
- What’s happening with the new ICH Q1 guideline on stability testing?
- … and many more
