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    Using an Integrated QMS to Qualify Your Suppliers

    Adulterated supplements and adverse events have long been the bane of the nutraceutical industry. However, this shouldn’t and doesn’t have to be the norm. By qualifying suppliers or ingredients, nutraceutical companies not only comply with CGMPs, they also protect their customers.

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    Regulatory Barriers to Innovation for Startups

    France and Europe are witnessing an explosion of life science innovation from new startups. But what separates the winners from the losers? Learn how to successfully overcome regulatory barriers and get your product to market quicker.

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    Regulatory Manager Tip: Making Your Voice Heard at the FDA

    As a life science manufacturer, how can I minimize risk and hiccups before seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for my product? Learn how to make your voice heard at the FDA in this month’s Regulatory Manager Tip.

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    Noteworthy Clinical Trends in Med Device to Watch in 2018

    Radical, whirlwind change is a core feature of the medical device industry. A clinical/regulatory expert provides insight into the clinical developments currently shaking up the device world and explains how device companies can adapt and thrive in a burgeoning industry that seems to reinvent itself daily.

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    FDA Backs Cannabis-Based Drug to Treat Kids With Epilepsy

    Is the U.S. FDA about to approve the first cannabis-derived drug to win federal approval? In a recent FDA Advisory Committee meeting, a teenage boy addressed committee members. Sam, an epilepsy patient, was the first U.S. citizen to try Epidiolex, a cannabis-derived drug. Read about the future of medical marijuana.

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    The Link Between Regulation, Quality Systems and Data Integrity, Part 2

    An examination of how the evolving standards of data integrity are affecting regulations and quality considerations within life science industries worldwide.

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    The Link Between Regulation, Quality Systems and Data Integrity, Part 1

    The emergence of new guidelines on data integrity, and the interpretation of that data via audits and inspections, doesn't detract from pre-existing elements of regulation, particularly Annex 11 of the European Union’s (EU) good manufacturing practice (GMP) guidelines.

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    FDA Experts Give Top 10 FDA GMP Inspection Citations for FY 2017, Part 1

    Experts at the FDA/Xavier PharmLink conference at Xavier University in March 2018 presented and analyzed the FDA's top 10 drug GMP inspection citations for FY2017 during a panel discussion. The first part of a two-part series.

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    Top Medical Device Trends in Asia-Pacific and Around the World

    The speed at which the medical device industry is changing and evolving is perhaps unrivaled in the life sciences industry. Medical device manufacturers are experiencing disruption from small companies and startups entering the market1, tech giants like Amazon are investigating and investing in medical device expertise and cybersecurity concerns are on the rise.

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    How to Minimize Protocol Deviations

    Get off the list of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) most common site inspection finding — protocol deviations. Make sure your staff read and understand protocols, how they work and what types of deviations inspectors are looking for.

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    UK's MHRA Issues Final Guidance on GxP Data Integrity

    Glean some insights from the U.K. 's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recently published final guidance on GxP Data Integrity, two years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance on data integrity and compliance with Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP).

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    Top 5 Pharmaceutical Trends to Keep on the Radar in 2018

    Get up to speed on key takeaways from what are expected to be some of the most tranformational trends to affect the pharmaceutical industry in 2018. And for further analysis of some of the top trends in pharmaceuticals this year, check out the associated white paper.

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    What, No Installation Records?

    Christopher J. Devine delves into the topic of medical device installation recordkeeping, and why proper documentation of this process is essential to successfully installing medtech and avoiding warning letters and other mishaps.

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    The Right EQMS for the Homeopathy Crackdown

    For nutraceutical companies, recent headlines promising an FDA crackdown on homeopathic products were probably a bit unsettling. Traditionally the FDA hasn't been involved with homeopathy, but this new guidance means that companies will have to become compliant with these six risk-based categories.

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    How Santa’s Kitchen Prepares for an FDA Inspection

    Before Santa can fill the stockings of good children from across the world, he and his elves must be inspected and/or audited by certified auditing bodies and similar organizations from around the world. Why? Because Santa must prove that the sweet treats he manufactures measure up to high quality standards for all children everywhere.

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    FDA Draft Guidance on Electronic Records and Signatures: The Next Chapter

    Just about everyone in the drug development industry has cited 21 CFR Part 11 at one time or another. Fondly referred to as “Part 11,” the August 1997 regulation was last referenced by the FDA in 2003 with the release of a Guidance for Industry - Part 11, Electronic Records; Electronic Signatures — Scope and Application.1 Since then, the centralized research team has significantly changed from only a few stakeholders into a system of many globally distributed contributors. The industry’s documentation has transitioned from paper files to dynamic, integrated systems supporting digital records spanning the bedside to the research clinic. The delivery of healthcare has evolved from the confines of brick and mortar to cloud-based platforms that could only be dreamed of a few years ago.

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    Coping with Scoping a CSV Audit

    You use computers on a daily basis, and you may even use the system that needs to be audited. But you don’t spend your day thinking about where all the system components are located, how services and software are combined, and what Part 11 requirements apply.

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    Good Communication Skills are Key for Inspection Readiness

    When an FDA inspector comes to your door, it is usually a time of stress and uncertainty. You need to handle logistical elements like where the inspectors are going to be placed, how you.

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    The Quality Metrics Journey

    One of the most discussed and debated topics on today’s pharmaceutical landscape is the issue of quality metrics. Establishing, maintaining, and interpreting quality metrics to determine the suitability of pharmaceutical products has become a high priority for the FDA. To understand the issue of quality metrics it is important to start at the beginning.

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  • Why It’s Time to Revisit FDA’s Quality by Design

    Patients of Alzheimer’s disease, their families, and health care advocates recently encountered back-to-back disappointments when two clinical trials for Alzheimer’s drugs failed in quick succession. First, Eli Lilly & Co. stopped its late-stage clinical trial for solanezumab, then Merck & Co. ended its clinical trial for verubecestat. Both studies failed to show efficacy.

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