GDP & RP News and Articles
Read our articles on GDP and Responsible Person (RP) regulatory developments as well as news about our courses in this area. The 5 most recent articles are shown in the slider and the rest are shown below.
Ensure your team understand the importance of Data Integrity
Now Available - online Data Integrity training for your team Our 20-minute online Data Integrity training course will ensure your entire team understand the importance of Data Integrity and their role in meeting the expectations of EU Inspectors (such as the UK’s...
Must, Shall and Should – the use of these words in GMP
What is the difference in meaning between these words in the context of GMP?, In this post I explain, using EU GMP as my point of reference, although as you will find out, there are occasions within EU GMP where the incorrect terms have been used.
Data Integrity – why all the fuss?
The careful and secure control of data and records has become a hot topic at regulatory inspections recently. One reason for this is the increased use of computer systems to hold data in one form or another. Let me give you an example of how keeping data accessible can become problematic with a non-pharmaceutical example from my own childhood.
Problems and deviations – avoid blaming the operator
You should be careful of putting “human error” as the cause of a problem, without considering what caused the human to make the error in the first place
Launch of short on-line GDP course
This one-hour course is designed to provide people new to the pharmaceutical industry with an appreciation of the main requirements of Good Distribution Practice and/or for refresher/compliance training.
New course on Data Integrity
This course has already run very successfully on an in-house basis for our clients who are increasingly concerned to ensure that they comply with the latest regulations from the EU and the FDA regarding the data integrity of their systems.
MHRA publishes new GMP Data Integrity Guidance
Hot off the press – find out more about new guidance from the MHRA on GMP data integrity expectations for the pharmaceutical industry.
The main differences between GDP and GMP
The European Union’s guidelines on Good Distribution Practice (GDP) were updated at the end of 2013. This post covers an overview of the main differences between GDP and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).
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