Adam Fleming's Blog – April 2017 Archive (8)

Audits are a means of evaluating operations and other functions of an organization. ISO 19011:2011 Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems describes audits as a process used for gathering the evidence of verifiable documents and map their suitability, alignment and fulfilment with the company’s policies and procedures.

An audit is an important tool that helps organizations to analyze opportunities, implement best practices, and assess all the important factors in…

Advertising is a highly challenging and creative field. However, when making claims about the efficacy and effectiveness of products, especially drug products, advertising professionals need to comply with strict compliance guidelines which set out the limits of claims. The US government lays considerable stress on the veracity aspects of the advertising claims.

An ad for a drug product must state not just the benefits of a product, but also its side effects, risk…

Shrink investigation is essentially about examining the causes of shrink (loss) in retail businesses. Although retail is one of the fastest growing areas of business, the possibility of shrink is very high in this area. It is also an overlooked area, because of which many shrinks that could otherwise have been prevented, do not get prevented.

Controlling losses is as important…

Packaging and labeling of commercial and clinical products are very important aspects to an organization involved in a business that relates to these products. While the packaging and labeling of commercial products is important, it is more so with clinical products, because these products play an important role in a clinical trial and also in the very life of a patient or subject.

Commercial products have their own value over time. The FDA has guidances for…

The FDA considers verification and transfer of Test Methods a subject worthy of 483 observations and issuance of Warning Letters. Test method verification is also required by the GMPs, and USP has a whole chapter dedicated to test method verification. This makes comprehension of the requirements for the verification and transfer of a test method into a laboratory imperative for Laboratory Managers and other personnel.…

In this interconnected, interdependent global world, the need for contracting procurement of any goods or services is strong and indispensable. However, the benefits of this feature notwithstanding, there are several loopholes in the procurement and contracting activity. Outsourcing and contracting, by their very nature, are vulnerable to fraud. Fraud can happen at any stage of the procurement and contract process.…

Regulatory agencies such as the FDA conduct inspections for product-related Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in the course of assessing an application for marketing approval. The basic purpose of product-related GMP inspections is to check for compliance with the GMP guidelines set out in the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) and national and local GMP regulations. GMP is the slightest standard that a manufacturer has to mandatorily meet in its production…