(ISPE: Tampa, FL) -- The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE), a global, nonprofit association of more than 22,000 professionals, will feature seven educational sessions, including two sessions focusing on the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) quality standards, as part of its 2011 Washington Conference, which will take place June 6–9, 2011, at the J.W. Marriott in Washington, D.C.

The ICH Q8, Q9, and Q10 guidelines will be a primary focus of Addressing ICH—Robust Process Validation and Compliance Assurance Starts with Product Realization: Effectively Applying Quality by Design (PQLI), a fundamental-to-intermediate-level session that will take place June 6–7. This session will highlight the business value of applying quality by design (QbD) principles and the risks that occur when QbD is not in place.

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