With my professional experience starting point as a plant-floor engineer, I’ve spent more than my fair share of time in pharmaceutical, medical device and other regulated manufacturing operations. Prior to forking my career in the direction of quality,... Read more
I worked for a Chief Quality Officer a number of years ago who always had this response when our company was contemplating movement of a large volume of internal production to third parties: “You can delegate your responsibilities... Read more
The following was included in our July email newsletter. There are many training sessions conducted each year by GMP Training Managers and company quality and compliance staff on “How to Manage an FDA Inspection”. Regularly, FDA inspection management... Read more
Opportunities and Risks for Dietary Supplement Companies for 2016 and Beyond 2015 is certainly ending with a bang. As many of us industry insiders have known for some time, FDA has been planning changes to their regulation and... Read more
FDAnews Inspections Summit I recently had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion on pharmaceutical quality metrics at the 10th Annual FDAnews Inspections Summit in Bethesda, Maryland. The panel included leading experts involved with the FDA and industry... Read more
The September 12 edition of the industry newsletter QMN Weekly contained an article about objections voiced by the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) concerning FDA’s July 2014 Interim Guidance for Human Drug Compounding Outsourcing Facilities Under Section... Read more
Although Corporate America has embraced the concept of metrics and dashboards for close to 20 years now, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has only recently come to the conclusion that incorporating a review of company-provided product quality metrics... Read more
I had an interesting phone call today with a company named ZenDoc — www.getzendoc.com — a software company, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company contacted me to introduce me to their "new" document management software that in their words,... Read more
