On September 10-11 2025, Arthur Dumba, General Manager of the iia and Director and General Manager of the Society for Sterility Assurance Professionals (SfSAP), attended the Medical Device Sterilization Workshop 2025 – Optimizing Radiation Sterilization at Fermilab in Batavia, IL. The two-day event brought together experts from...
The International Irradiation Association (iia) is seeking applications from those who would like to join a small team who are responsible for the development and implementation of Association initiatives. The iia represents a diverse international community of organisations involved in the science and use of ionising...
The 'Ad Hoc Meeting of Stakeholder States Involved with Technological Alternatives to High-Risk Radioactive Sources' was held between 14 and 18 June 2021. The meeting sponsored by the United States, France and Germany but attracts international participation. Participants exchanged views and shared experiences on transitioning to alternative...
ITHPP, a French company that recently joined the association, just announced the launch of their new brand, BETA BEAMS, aimed at supporting their innovative low-energy pulsed electrons solution for in line sterilization of medical and biopharma articles. This launch coincides with the announcement that ITHPP...
On June 14, 2021 the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington DC released the report titled Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies. The iia contributed to this report in various forms. Chapter 5 deals with radioactive sources and alternative technologies for medical...
Click on the following link to access the June 2021 Newsletter...
The BPSA (Bio-Process Systems Alliance) has published it’s White Paper ‘X-Ray Sterilization of Single-Use BioProcess Equipment: Part 1 – Industry Needs, Requirements and Risk Evaluation’. The document highlights sterilisation capacity constraints and how X-ray technology is positioned as a highly similar alternative to gamma. It discusses...
The IAEA recently hosted a virtual workshop to promote the beneficial applications or irradiation technologies. The International Irradiation Association and a number of iia members were in attendance and presented at the meeting. An IAEA article about the event can be found via this link: IAEA...
On May 5, 2021, Frank-Holm Rögner from our member the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP and several colleagues from the Fraunhofer Institutes IZI and IPA in Leipzig and Stuttgart (Germany).received the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize for “Human- and Environment-Centered...
The Industrial Irradiation Association (iia) just released a Guide for Prospective Buyers of Accelerators for Sterilization of Medical Devices. This document is the collective work of the International Irradiation Association and several of its members. It should be especially useful to medical device manufacturers considering an...
Sciray Co. Ltd. a subsidiary of Nuctech, a member of iia, is a company based in Beijing that was formed as a spin-off from the Tsinghua University. Nuctech is one of the world’s leading suppliers of vehicles, cargo and baggage inspection systems based on radiation...
BGS has completed the construction of a new 2,700 square metres logistics space for sterile products. Managing Director Dr. Andreas Ostrowicki reports that construction of the new building started in April 2020 was preceded by extensive demolition works of the old building as well as earthworks. In...
An article in support of irradiation, ‘Safe Sterilization with Rays’, written by BGS Beta-Gamma-Service GmbH & Co. KG and published in MED Engineering at the end of January can be accessed from the following link. Medical Sterilisation New Article...
Nordion has published this White Paper: “Gamma: The heart of radiation sterilization past, present and future” The White Paper provides a brief overview of the importance and contribution of gamma irradiation as a sterilization modality, with a focus on why it has grown to hold a...
The Microbiology Working Group of the Panel on Gamma and Electron Irradiation has published a guide on Risk Assessment following Sterilisation Dose Audit failure, in accordance with ISO11137-2 section 10.4. The new document is available to download from the Guides area of the Panel website....
The European Commission has launched INNO4COV-19. This is 6.1 million Euro project to support the marketing of new products to combat COVID-19 throughout Europe over the next two years. The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP is contributing its know-how...
The Organizing Committee of the Medical Device Sterilization Workshop have published a link to the recent virtual workshop, “Medical Device Sterilization: Continuing the Conversation.” iia contributed to the webinar and was represented on panel debate. Video recordings of each session are now available. They can be accessed...
