Learning Objectives:
This course is designed for those charged with managing Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs for companies in the development or commercial phase of growth who either release investigational drugs to clinical trial sites or send commercial products to the market, but rely to a great extent on the use of Contract Manufacturers and/or Contract Laboratories. The following personnel will benefit from the course:
- Participants in this seminar will:
- Understand the GMP and GCP requirements all virtual companies must meet regardless of the extent of their outsourcing operations
- Understand how to select, qualify and monitor CMOs, CROs and Contract Laboratories
- Learn the elements to include in a quality agreement (also known as a technical agreement)
- Learn how to determine which GMP or GCP requirements apply to you, depending on the things you do internally and those you outsource
- Understand your obligations under the law for products you release to the clinic or the marketplace
- Appreciate the importance of maintaining data integrity
- Learn how to effectively manage a health regulatory inspection:
- Inspection logistics
- Responding effectively to document requests and questions from inspectors
- Managing the inspection exit discussion
- How to write an effective response to inspection observations
- How to find applicable inspection references and procedures of the FDA, EMA and Health Canada
This course is designed for those charged with managing Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs for companies in the development or commercial phase of growth who either release investigational drugs to clinical trial sites or send commercial products to the market, but rely to a great extent on the use of Contract Manufacturers and/or Contract Laboratories. The following personnel will benefit from the course:
- Senior quality managers in manufacturing QA/GMP or clinical quality areas
- Quality professionals
- Regulatory professionals
- Clinical Operations
- Compliance professionals
- Quality auditors – GMP and GCP
- Document control specialists
