Pharmig 25th Annual Conference Review:

For the third consecutive year I managed to find myself at the Pharmig Annual Conference. This year it was held at the Crown Plaza, Heythrop Park just down the road from Cherwell near Chipping Norton. As per usual there was a packed schedule full of interesting talks and discussions. I have already covered the open discussion sessions in my previous blog; this is a quick summary of the other talks from the 29th and 30th November. Pharmaceutical Microbiology: The Past; Present and Future After the opening pleasantries from Chairman David Keen, there were short presentations from previous Pharmig chair’s Sharon Johnson and David Begg about how pharmaceutical microbiology has changed both in the lab and from a regulatory perspective in the past 25 years. Sharon Johnson gave a potted history of the role of the microbiologist. Back in 1981 when she started, the microbiologist had to make the media and had loads of paperwork to do. These days the emphasis is on immediacy of results, also most media is bought in, removing the requirement to do all the prep work. David Begg mentioned that once upon a time the microbiologist was only seen in the laboratory and were not considered part of the quality team. These days they are far more visible, often performing the important task of environmental monitoring and leading investigations.

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