All FDA Regulated Industry
Domestic and Foreign Medical Device Regulatory/Reimbursement Strategies
In general, all commercial medical devices require regulatory approval, for obvious reasons. Of equal importance, is to have a reimbursement pathway in each country where the device sale is targeted. One must get a reimbursement assessment early--while still in the product design phase. One must understand how your device may or may not fit within current payment methodologies such as DRGs, resource-based r..
Drug or Cosmetic? Promoting Health Benefits in Personal Care Products
FDA has a history of avoiding discussion of popular issues and leaving the course of history to the imagination of the industry to push the boundaries of regulatory compliance. The unwillingness by FDA to address issues like “natural”, “probiotic”, “CBD” and other popular issues, creates an opportunity to add market potential, but it also creates hazards to avoid for FDA regulated products. Assuming that di..
Drug Product Performance, In Vivo: Bioavailability and Bioequivalence
Drug product performance, in vivo, is defined as the release of the drug substance from the drug product leading to the bioavailability of the drug. The evaluation of drug product performance relates bioavailability to the therapeutic response and adverse events. Bioavailability and bioequivalence studies are measurements of drug product performance and can be used to evaluate new drug formulations, changes..
Effective and Practical use of FMEA for Risk-Based Approach to Computer Systems Validation
Validation of computer systems is a regulatory requirement within the life sciences. "How much to validate" is one of the biggest challenges validation teams face. The struggle to balance time and available resources with compliance requirements often leads to insufficient testing and/or project overruns, which in turn can lead to significant regulatory and safety risks. One way to avoid these issues is to ..
Equipment Validation, Tracking, Calibration and Preventive Maintenance
FDA and EU regulations require that firms have a program for the calibration and maintenance of test and measurement equipment. The program must include intervals, scheduling, specific procedures, limits of accuracy/precision, and remedial action in the event that the equipment does not meet established requirements. Prior to use, however, this equipment must be validated to make sure it produces a product ..
Essentials of Root Cause Analysis for CAPA
This webinar will help you understand the critical ingredients for conducting an effective root cause analysis. You will learn about FDA expectations, tools and techniques, and tips for conducting and documenting root cause analysis. We will discuss the myths, challenges, and best practices for this critical process. We’ll also cover the essentials of doing a failure investigation.Areas Covered This 90-minu..
Establishing Appropriate Quality Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Establishing appropriate Quality Assurance metrics is important for several reasons. Metrics not only measure the health of your quality system, but they also have the ability to change behavior, drive quality culture and improve both individual and company performance. This course will discuss the importance of establishing metrics, how to distinguish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), as well as, how to u..
EU MDR-Introduction into The European Medical Device Regulation
The EU MDR 745/2017 is a complete game change to the old law of the MDD 93/42/EEC since 1993 with a couple of updates. The time is very short and the number of requirements and required changes is high. The training will show how to conduct a gap-analysis, an action plan and how to be on track until May 2020. Learn what to do into the quality management department and what to do in the regulatory affairs de..
EU Medical Devices Regulation: CE Mark Expiration and the EU Refusal of Your Exports
FDA and the EU have tried to harmonize device regulatory requirements for over 25 years. Major differences between the FDA and the EUincludepremarket authorization (CE Mark), complaint investigations, postmarket surveillance, and reports. The EU’s new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) incorporates more rigorous regulatory requirements for those areas and in some cases outpaces the FDA’s requirements. The FDA..
Extractables and Leacheables in Drug Development
Leachables from pharmaceutical container closure systems can present potential safety risks to patients. Extractables studies identify potential leachables and therefore assess and mitigate the above risks based on the dosage forms and the administration route. When safety concerns are detected, approaches for the toxicological evaluation of extractable and leachable have been developed and applied by pharm..
False Claims Act (or Whistleblower Act) and Hospital Fraud
A whistleblower or qui tam action can provide financial rewards to individuals who provide information that a company, hospital, or individual has defrauded the government. The primary statutes under which this relief may be sought are the federal and state False Claims Acts (“FCAs”). State and federal governments pay hundreds of billions of dollars each year for pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, hospi..
FDA Adverse Event Reporting
This training program will provide the regulatory requirements for complaint handling in the pharmaceutical & medical device industries. The course will touch on complaint sources and details will be furnished on the interrelationships regarding complaint handling and product recalls. The course will also include timeline requirements associated with adverse event reporting. Areas Cover..
FDA and Management Responsibility for Social Media Use
The use or participation in social media can lead to some surprising outcomes with the FDA. The sweeping statutory definition of “labeling” covers the use of information that appears in social media. There are several platforms that can present information either by you or a third-party, all of which can become an action by the FDA against the management’s actions or inactions. Firms should develop and impl..
FDA Compliance and Clinical Trial Computer System Validation
The FDA governs the computer systems used to collect, analyze, transfer and report data that is in support of human clinical trials required for drug approval. FDA oversight is based on a Predicate Rule, known as “Good Clinical Practices,” or simply, “GCPs.” Computer systems subject to GCP requirements must be thoroughly and appropriately validated in accordance with FDA’s guidance on computer system valida..
FDA Compliance and GAMP V Computer System Classification
We will discuss the importance of classifying computer systems subject to FDA regulations in accordance with GAMP V. This is critical in order to develop the appropriate validation strategy and achieve the thoroughness required to prove that a system does what it purports to do. It also ensures that you do not go beyond what is required for a specific classification of the system so as to be cost-effective...