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  • E Factor

    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)

  • E&I

    Electrical and Instrumentation

  • E2E

    End to End

  • EAC

    EU Affiliate Council (ISPE term)

  • Eagle Basal Medium

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

  • Early Communication About an Ongoing Safety Review

    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.

  • EASHW

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

  • EBCDIC

    Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

  • EBR

    Electronic Batch Record

  • EBRS

    Electronic Batch Record Systems

  • EC

    Executive Council (ISPE term)

  • EC

    Ethyl Cellulose

  • EC

    European Commission (guidelines for GMP manufacturing)

  • ECACC

    European Collection of Cell Cultures

  • ECC

    Engineering Change Control

  • ECD

    Electron-Capture Dissociation

  • ECG

    Electrocardiogram

  • ECL

    Exposure Control Limits

  • ECLs

    Established Cell Lines

  • ECM

    Extracellular Matrix

  • ECM

    Engineering Change Management

  • Ecology

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

  • Ecology

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

  • Ecosystem

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

  • eCTD

    electronic Common Technical Document (ICH)