GMP Auditing Articles and News
Read our articles on GMP auditing relating to regulatory compliance in the Pharma
Auditing – Opening and closing meetings – How to do them professionally
No matter what type of audit you are involved in it is essential that it starts and finishes well. Opening and closing meetings offer the forum to do this. A well run and professional opening meeting sets the scene for the audit and, if done well, creates a great first impression. Likewise, a well run closing meeting draws the audit to a close in a professional and controlled manner.
Basic audit findings and EU GMP clauses
This article lists a number of common basic audit findings and the corresponding clause in EU GMP that is relevant. Readers should note that there is often some repetition in GMP, so I have tried to find the best single clause.
Exciting news – the classroom returns
News Update – traditional classes to complement our ‘live online interactive’ format; new January date for Lead Auditor course; new versions of our online courses.
New live online interactive format a great success
All of our training courses are now being delivered using our ‘live online interactive” format. Making the transition away from classroom delivery has been challenging especially for the team delivering our highly successful and intensive 5-day Pharmaceutical GMP Lead Auditor course. But the reviews in this article show how we have risen to that challenge.
Pharma supplier selection, approval and management
In this article we explore the controls needed to both approve Pharma suppliers and to control the purchasing of materials from them
Successful Japan Lead Auditor course
We successfully delivered our highly praised GMP Auditor/ lead Auditor training course in Osaka, Japan, for the third time a few weeks ago. The course will be presented again in Osaka next year in early March 2020
Design Criteria for an Effective QMS
Most of you will already have a QMS that has already been designed so the contents of this video will help you to consider how you can evolve an existing QMS to cope with new regulatory requirements, QMS ideas and business pressures. In this video we begin to examine...
What to include in an audit report
An audit report is an essential part of the audit and this article lists the key items that you should ensure are in your audit report contents.
A Quality Manual – what is it and what should it contain?
A Quality Manual is a very useful document that not only gives guidance and direction to an organisation’s own personnel, but gives a potential customer, inspector or auditor an appreciation of an organisation from the outside. If designed well it can be used as a tool to sell an organisation, to show what a positive quality ethos they have and can show how good an organisation is and how seriously it takes its Quality Management System.
Planning to perform audits
As with everything else in life, planning is everything. An audit is much more effective for everyone concerned if the auditor takes a short amount of time to plan the audit correctly. This article incudes a checklistlist of things to include in the planning of any effective audit.
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