Glossary

The actual amount of waste produced in the process, defined as everything but the desired product. It is now generally accepted that two useful measures of the (potential) environmental acceptability of chemical processes are the E factor, defined as the mass ratio of waste to desired product and the atom efficiency.(also see: Environmental Factor)

Electrical and Instrumentation

End to End

EU Affiliate Council (ISPE term)

A solution of various salts containing 13 naturally occurring amino acids, several vitamins, two antibiotics, and phenol red; used as a tissue culture medium.

This type of communication is part of FDA’s effort to communicate early with the public when the agency is still evaluating data and has not reached a conclusion. FDA shares information in the interest of informing doctors and patients about the issues that are under review and when FDA experts anticipate completing their review.

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (European Union)

Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

Electronic Batch Record

Electronic Batch Record Systems

Executive Council (ISPE term)

Ethyl Cellulose

European Commission (guidelines for GMP manufacturing)

European Collection of Cell Cultures

Engineering Change Control

Electron-Capture Dissociation

Electrocardiogram

Exposure Control Limits

Established Cell Lines

Extracellular Matrix

Engineering Change Management

The study of the interactions between organisms and their natural environment, both living and non-living.

The study of the interactions between organisms and their natural environment, both living and non-living.

The complex of a living community and its environment, functioning as an ecological unit in nature.

electronic Common Technical Document (ICH)