FDAnews Management Report: Preparing for the EU GMP Inspection
Falls Church, VA (PRWEB) October 22, 2013 -- Preparing for the EU GMP Inspection
**FDAnews Management Report**
http://www.fdanews.com/EUgmp
The FDA’s GMPs and the EU’s GMPs are supposed to be harmonized. Supposed to be. The reality is there are subtle but significant differences between the two.
• The EU specifically calls for periodic reassessment of training effectiveness; The FDA does not.
• The EU allows a test-until-clean approach to cleaning validation; the FDA does not.
• EU requirements for retention of samples are more specific than the FDA’s.
• The FDA requires proof that OTC packaging is tamper resistant; EU does not.
• The FDA has requirements for a GMP audit; EU does not.
And the list goes on. Just because a company passed its last FDA inspection, it doesn’t mean it is ready for EU inspectors.
This new management report from FDAnews tells about the similarities — and subtle differences — between FDA and EU GMP inspections.
FDAnews reached out to four authorities on European drug manufacturing quality for their expertise. The result is a handbook to refer to whenever the EU inspectors come to call.
Preparing for the EU GMP Inspection touches all the bases:
• What types of inspections EU drug regulators conduct
• The qualifications of inspectors
• The formula used by regulators for determining priority order and frequency of individual inspections
• Sample inspection documentation
• Contents of an inspection report
• Self-inspection checklist
• And much more
Co-authors represent the state of the art on current good drug manufacturing practices:
• Dr. Michael Hiob is supervising surveillance member of the Expert Group on Qualification/Validation for the State of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He previously served as head of the Laboratory for Drug Analysis and GMP Inspector for the Regional Authorities for Health and Occupational Safety of the State of Schleswig-Holstein.
• Max Lazar retired from Hoffman-LaRoche Inc. as VP for FDA and DEA Compliance. He now is a consultant specializing in API GMP issues and the training of personnel covering the ICH Q7A Guidance.
• Dr. Christian Gausepohl heads Quality Assurance at Rottendorf Pharma GmbH. In 13+ years with Rottendorf Pharma, Dr. Gausepohl has served as coordinator of technology transfers and process optimization, head of dosage forming, production manager, and head of product transfer and process validation.
• Dr. Christine Oechslein is a veteran of 23 years in drug manufacturing and development, mostly with Sandoz and Novartis. She developed oral drug delivery systems, headed a lab for development of nasal and pulmonary dosage forms, and helped create a quality manual for Rx development.
With this expert-written guide, quality managers will know exactly what to expect from EU GMP inspections, and how to prepare using their own self-inspections. Order Preparing for the EU GMP Inspection today.
MANAGEMENT REPORT DETAILS
Preparing for the EU GMP Inspection
**FDAnews Management Report**
http://www.fdanews.com/EUgmp
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Michelle Butler, FDANEWS, http://www/fdanews.com/EUgmp, +1 (703) 538-7665, [email protected]
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