Quality agreements are vital documents that outline the roles, responsibilities, and expectations between a company and its suppliers. For pharmaceutical companies, ensuring quality throughout the supply chain is crucial for compliance with regulatory requirements and maintaining product integrity. Here are key considerations to include in a quality agreement for suppliers. Introduction/Purpose/Scope 1. Parties to the
In the pharmaceutical industry, ensuring the quality, reliability, and compliance of computer systems is critical. This is where Computer System Validation (CSV) plays a pivotal role. However, while CSV itself is a structured approach to ensuring systems perform their intended functions, it is the Quality Assurance (QA) team that ensures these validations meet regulatory requirements
The User Requirements Specification (URS) is a critical document in the Computer System Validation (CSV) lifecycle. A URS defines what a computerized system must achieve to support business-critical functions and comply with regulatory standards. This blog explores the essentials of developing a URS, highlighting its purpose, key components, and best practices. Purpose of a URS
What is Computer System Validation (CSV)? CSV is a structured process that documents and tests GxP computer systems to ensure they meet predefined specifications and regulatory requirements. This involves rigorous testing and documentation to demonstrate that systems are installed correctly, operate as expected, and produce reliable results. For biotech and pharma companies, CSV is crucial
For FDA-regulated pharma and biotech companies, computer systems used in GxP environments must adhere to Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures (ERES) requirements, as governed by FDA 21 CFR Part 11 to ensure data integrity, product quality, and patient safety. Computer systems that create, modify, maintain, archive, retrieve, or transmit records required by GxP regulations (e.g.
As a clinical startup, establishing a supplier management program and managing supplier relationships is critical to ensuring the quality, safety, and efficacy of clinical products and therapies. A supplier management program defines the standards to evaluate, qualify, monitor, and requalify a company’s suppliers. This program is a holistic approach to ensuring your suppliers meet regulatory
Rizwan Chaudhrey interviews Assurea’s Tanya Sharma, Catapult‘s Fernanda Masri, and Phacilitate‘s Becky Johnson-Kent at WIAT (#ATE2023) to get their perspective on the impact of Women in Advanced Therapies and what learnings they had gained from attending the WIAT event in Portugal.
Tanya Sharma expressed her views on women in the pharma industry in this detailed article by Bioprocess International. Read more below as she shares the current landscape for women entrepreneurs and the shift needed in the pharma and biotech industry. Women make up a significant percentage of the people who have established careers in the
Hear from our Co-founder, Krisha Patel, and CEO of Cellular Origins, Edwin Stone as they discuss the current challenges in building infrastructure and capacity for cell and gene therapy in this panel hosted by Carol Houts, CSO at Germfree. ? ? Key Discussions:? The use of automation tools and robotic solutions that support scale-up activities.
To celebrate International Women’s Day (8 March) and acknowledge the often challenging career path taken by women in science, RegMedNet spoke to Tanya Sharma, co-founder of Assurea (NC, USA) about her inspirations as a woman in science, the resources and mentors she draws upon to support her professional journey and how learning from her mentors