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Best Practices for a Compliant, Lean Supplier Management Program
Notified bodies and the FDA cannot require your suppliers to meet the quality system regulations, so they must make sure you are exercising sufficient control over those suppliers. You must make sure your supplier management and system meets all required regulations, especially for critical suppliers. Sure, you depend on your suppliers to provide you with goods and services, but can your system prove that y..
Best Practices for Responding to a Form 483 Citation and/or Warning Letter Issued by FDA
FDA has substantial authority to oversee regulated companies and their operations. The primary purpose of FDA is to assure safe and effective products that will protect public health. Violations can have seriously adverse effects on products, and ultimately, on patients and consumers.The root of every company’s effort to defend its practices and products is through data and documentation, meaning both struc..
CAPA Best Practices and Pitfalls to Avoid
For at least the last 20 years, the CAPA systems have been the leading cause of audit findings (nonconformities) and FDA inspection findings (483s). And there’s no sign that things are getting any better.CAPA and CAPA-related findings include lack of documentation / documented evidence, lack of timeliness, root cause(s) not being identified, failure to show effectiveness of actions, and on and on. Bas..
Holding Vendors Accountable through Robust Contracts and Service Level Agreements (SLA) for Products and Services Used in FDA-Regulated Operations
In this webinar, the attendees will learn about the many best practices that will lead to a better and sounder contract and SLA. It does not require a lot of effort but must be done with diligence.Computer systems that are used in FDA-regulated environments (i.e., the system “touches” an FDA-regulated product or a raw material or packaging component used in conjunction with the product during the manuf..
How to Prepare for an FDA Inspection
FDA inspections are not just routine regulatory encounters — they are high-stakes, high-visibility events that can impact your organization's reputation, product pipeline, and commercial success. Whether you’re a pharmaceutical manufacturer, a biotech startup, or a medical device company, your inspection readiness reflects not just your documentation, but your culture, your leadership, and your operational ..
How to Write and Manage a Change Control System
This webinar will help attendees understand the fundamental change control steps and processes. It will focus on change proposals, assessments, execution and final implementation. The importance of proper planning, critical thinking skills, and co-ordination of all change activities will also be discussed.Areas CoveredIdentify what constitutes a changeLearn how to properly categorize a changeDemonstrate how..
Human error reduction in GMP manufacturing/floor
If you work in the GMP regulated industry you not only need to address human error deviations because they are an inconvenience, you must do it because the regulation requires it. The CFR - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 Subpart B_Organization and Personnel Sec. 211.22 talks about the “Responsibilities of quality control unit.” and it states that “(a) There shall be a quality control unit that shall h..
Implementing a Change Control Quality System Successfully
This course will help attendees understand the fundamental change control steps and processes. It will focus on change proposals, assessments, execution, and final implementation. The importance of proper planning, critical thinking skills, and coordination of all change activities will also be discussed.Learning ObjectiveIdentify what constitutes a changeLearn how to properly categorize a changeDemonstrate..
Monitoring a Quality Laboratory to Prevent Non-Compliance
Everyone in a laboratory under compliance knows about 3-sigma out-of-control issues. Can the operation be monitored to avoid these? How? This webinar will cover the basic statistics of compliance and non-compliance and how to use a statistical approach to monitor the operation to ensure that it is under control and to see when a problem is arising, but before it is outside of 3-sigma.Learning ObjectivesMany..
New FDA Draft Guidance Part 11 Compliance
This webinar describesAs part of the Case for Quality program US FDA noted how an excessive focus by the industry on compliance rather than quality may be diverting resources and management attention toward meeting regulatory compliance requirements vs. adopting best quality practices. There has also been a lower-than-anticipated investment in automation and digital technologies, which could greatly improve..
Pharma 4.0: Next Generation Technology Approach to GxP Products, Systems, Data and FDA Compliance
Computer system validation has been regulated by FDA for more than 40 years, as it relates to systems used in the manufacturing, testing, and distribution of a product in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device or other FDA-regulated industries. The FDA requirements ensure thorough planning, implementation, integration, testing and management of computer systems used to collect, analyze and/or rep..
Preparing for a FDA Inspection
This webinar will discuss the types of FDA audits and why they occur, the Do's and Don'ts during an FDA inspection, how to properly answer questions from an inspector, the significance of 483s and warning letters, as well as lessons learned from previous FDA inspections. Areas Covered Facilities under the watchful eye of the FDAThe 4 types of FDA inspections and why they occurFDA ExpectationsWhat to do befo..
Preparing for Successful Pre-IND FDA Meeting
FDA and regulatory guidelines allow for formal meetings between the FDA and sponsors or applicants to discuss the development and review of an investigational new drug (IND) application for drugs or biologic products. This meeting, known as a pre-IND meeting, is intended to address specific questions related to the initial US clinical study (also known as a first-in-human [FIH] study for new drugs and biolo..
Risk Management for Medical Devices per ISO 14971
Risk management overarches projects associated with a particular product family, given that risks will both remain and change as new design features and medical indications for use evolve with a particular device.During all phases of a project, any new consideration must be held up against the scrutiny of potential risk and harm to the health of people, damage to property, or the environment during all stag..
Sampling Plans for Verification, Validation and Production
This presentation shall describe how to create Sampling Plans for verification and validation, production process validation, and production control. The webinar will include the theoretical background of sampling, several examples and formulas for easy construction of sampling plans.Areas CoveredBasic Statistics The main parameters that should be considered Formulas related to SamplingSampling StandardsWho..