FDA Compliance
Before the ICH Harmonized Tripartite Guideline Q9—“Quality risk management”—was introduced in 2005, the pharmaceutical industry was evolving but lacked a structured, scientific, and systematic approach. Various stakeholders, including the industry, regulators, and patient rights groups,…
With its roots in compassion and humanity, the healthcare sector might seem an unlikely place for artificial intelligence (AI) to play a big role. Yet as we look deeper into the complex processes that build our medical systems, we uncover a multitude of ways that AI could revolutionize patient…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the country’s chief agency for regulating the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of critical consumer goods including food, cosmetics, medical devices, biological products, and pharmaceuticals. The FDA provides direct oversight of the…
This year, the Medical Device Innovation Consortium held an Excellence in Quality Summit where it was promised that participants would receive a “unique opportunity to learn adoptable cutting-edge practices to maximize the impact of investing in quality across [their] total product life cycle…
In food processing, bulk-bag discharge systems are used to transfer food ingredients such as flour, sugar, and spices from bulk bags to mixing and blending equipment. However, when not designed or installed properly, bulk discharge systems can become a production bottleneck.
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On Jan. 31, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its final rule for the new Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR).
The new QMSR is the result of aligning the current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) requirements of the FDA’s quality system regulation…