September 10, 2020
By David Butcher, Staff Writer, MasterControl
In pharmaceutical manufacturing environments, strict compliance to approved policies and procedures is essential to keep manufacturing operations in a state of control. Uncontrolled changes like deviations can affect the safety and reliability of products, not to mention the regulatory status of products, directly affecting public health and safety. This is what makes change control – and a paperless system – crucial.
September 4, 2020
By David Jensen, Staff Writer, MasterControl
MasterControl’s cloud-based quality management system (QMS) is now available in Australia. An increasing number of businesses are modernising their operations and discovering the advantages of cloud computing. Explore the ways cloud technology makes it possible to enhance your competitive edge.
September 4, 2020
By Director of Marketing, MasterControl
Audits are essential to regulated industries. The type of audit, who conducts it, and which regulations and standards are involved are all important. The process has its own challenges which have only been exacerbated in the current environment.
September 3, 2020
By Gina Guido-Redden, Co-Founder and COO, Coda Corp USA
The race to develop a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 is on, and it has everyone talking. This is the second of a three-part series on the fundamentals of immunization.
September 2, 2020
By Kevin Grimes, Vice President, Arbour Group LLC
Life sciences companies are migrating the cloud. To be successful with cloud compliance in a regulated environment, it’s important to understand the key challenges and know how to address them. While cloud host providers offer security features, it is your organization’s responsibility to confirm the provider is compliant.
August 31, 2020
By Sarah Beale, Staff Writer, MasterControl
Supplier audits are the standardized testing of the manufacturing world. Suppliers and manufacturers are held to high quality standards and both must adhere to them to ensure final products are safe and effective. The key to this is a thorough supplier audit in which the supplier and manufacturer work together to improve quality throughout the supply chain.
August 28, 2020
By Peter Knauer, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Sage BioPartners
Design control plays a key role in producing a successful medical device or IVD tool in initial development and through its lifecycle. Learn some tips on how to approach a design control strategy from either FDA or ISO perspectives.
August 27, 2020
By Gina Guido-Redden, Co-Founder and COO, Coda Corp USA
The race to develop a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 is on, and it has everyone talking. Inoculation,vaccination and immunization are terms that are often used interchangeably, but have very different meanings.
August 26, 2020
By James Jardine, Staff Writer, MasterControl
Medical device manufacturers tout ISO 13485 certification as proof that their quality management systems (QMS) and products are up to snuff. But what does compliance to the standard entail? Get answers to the most frequently asked questions about the world’s most widely used QMS standard for device companies.
August 25, 2020
By David Jensen, Staff Writer, MasterControl
Discoveries and new opportunities are expanding across the industrial spectrum. At the same time, more businesses are modernizing their operations to benefit from scientific and technology innovation. The core of all this progress and growth is the cloud.
August 21, 2020
By James Jardine, Staff Writer, MasterControl
Optimizing shop floor safety practices is as straightforward as abiding by five fundamental manufacturing safety tips. Learn how the right ideology can enable a manufacturer to establish effective shop floor safety practices and extend a safety-centered mindset across the entire enterprise.
August 20, 2020
By David Butcher, Staff Writer, MasterControl
When was the last time you reviewed your quality documents? If you don’t review them, how do you know if you need to update and revise them? These are the questions that Marty Jackson1, a MasterControl professional services consultant, asks new clients who are switching from a paper-based document management process to an automated system. In most cases, they are stumped.
August 19, 2020
By James Jardine, Staff Writer, MasterControl
A game-changing software solution that allows manufacturers to digitally connect and gain control of their data and documentation is now available globally and in 10 different languges. Learn how companies around the world are bridging the gap between operational excellence and smart manufacturing.
August 14, 2020
By Dale Thompson, Staff Writer, MasterControl
Contract manufacturing and packaging organizations adopted MasterControl’s Manufacturing Excellence™ and saw significant results including increased production capacity, transparency for customer audits, and faster time to market. Read more about our customers seeing improvements in metrics that matter.
August 13, 2020
By Mike Rigert, Staff Writer, MasterControl
Gathering momentum and power like a monster wave, Australia's life sciences sector is increasingly becoming a beacon for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers seeking regulatory approval for their products.
August 13, 2020
By Sarah Beale, Staff Writer, MasterControl
A platform approach is the ideal way to handle software solutions across an organization. However, no software provider has every type of software that a company might need. That’s why integration platform as a service (iPaaS) is so vital. It bridges the gap between solutions and gives you better control over your data.
August 11, 2020
By James Jardine, Staff Writer, MasterControl
The reluctance to abandon conventional paper-based quality management systems (QMS) has long typified the life sciences industry’s approach to quality. Familiar yet inefficient quality models are shortsighted, however.
August 7, 2020
By David Jensen, Staff Writer, MasterControl
Noticing an increase in violations of current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) regarding data integrity, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drafted a question-and-answer-based guidance to address some of the frequently asked questions and to clarify the role of data integrity in regulated product manufacturing.
August 6, 2020
By Dale Thompson, Staff Writer, MasterControl
Automation and digitization are rapidly becoming the norm for life sciences companies. While some people are concerned new technologies will replace workers, Mike Ferletic, President and CEO of Enterey, believes the opposite.
