Writing Validation Master Plans: Best Practices for Authoring a Compliant Document
  • CODE : JOYM-0015
  • Duration : 90 Minutes
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Upon earning a degree in Zoology at North Carolina State University, Joy began working in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries in 1992 at Pharmacia &UpJohn performing Environmental Monitoring and Sterility Testing. Her work allowed her to move into a supervisory role at Abbott Laboratories where she oversaw the Quality Control Lab.  In 1998 Joy moved to Wyeth Lederle and worked in Quality Assurance, performing GMP Compliance audits, batch record reviews, and holding annual GMP training for new employees. After working in Quality Assurance for a few years, Joy moved into Equipment Qualification and Cleaning Validation at Mallinckrodt.

With 19 years of experience as a consultant, and over 25 years total experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, Joy has gained extensive knowledge of Quality Assurance, Technical Writing, Process and Cleaning Validation, and Equipment Qualification and Computer System Validation and Part 11 Compliance. She has written and executed Equipment Qualifications and Validation Protocols for numerous Companies such as Mallinckrodt, Wyeth Lederle, Merck, BioMerieux, Catalent, and Biotest, Novartis, Imprimis, Cody Laboratories, and Xceilence.
Her knowledge, experience, have made her a highly sought-after engineer, technical writer, and trainer in both the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.  Joy specializes in Equipment Qualification, Cleaning Validation, and GMP Compliance Auditing, and technical writing, and GMP, Audit Preparation, and SOP writing training, Computer System Validation and Part Compliance.

In 2019 she opened her own company, McElroy Training, and Consultancy, LLC which provides consultants for various projects as well as on and off-site training to pharmaceutical and biotech companies throughout the United States.

Joy also spends her time mentoring and speaking as an Empowerment Speaker. Her goal is to empower people all over the world to live their dreams through implementing 5 simple techniques she has learned and applied through the years.

This webinar will discuss the major components of Validation Master Plans. It will discuss how the VMP is different from Validation SOPs. Various regulatory requirements for Validation Master Plans will be discussed as well as effective guidelines for authoring a VMP and a team writing approach to authoring a Validation Master Plans will be discussed. Various types and examples of VMPs will be given and discussed. Participants will learn how to effectively write a VMP most appropriate for their manufacturing organization.

Validation Master Plans discuss validation activities across an entire site or within an organization. The Validation Master Plan is a summary of validation strategies. The purpose of Validation Master Plans is to document the compliance requirements for the site and to ensure that sufficient resources are available for validation projects.

Validation Master Plans may be written to cover specific departmental validation activities or the validation process for a specific type of system. Validation Master plans are written to assist an organization with validation strategies or to provide control over a specific process.

Areas Covered    

  • What is a VMP and what is its intended use
  • How is a VMP different that validation SOPs
  • Components of a VMP
  • Regulatory requirements for a VMP
  • Team Writing a VMP
  • Examples of VMPs
  • Effective writing practices for an audit-ready document

Course Level - Intermediate to Advanced

Who Should Attend    

  • Validation Engineers
  • Supervisors and Managers
  • Quality Assurance personnel
  • Engineering Consultants
  • Regulatory Personnel
  • Auditors

Why Should You Attend    

Attendees should register to learn the major components of a Validation Master Plans. They will learn how the VMP is different from Validation SOPs. Various regulatory requirements for Validation Master Plans will be discussed as well as effective guidelines for authoring a VMP and a team writing approach to authoring a Validation Master Plans will be discussed.

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