Meet the Expert: Dr. Borja López Pérez
ProPharma Group has launched a “Meet the Expert” series introducing you to our experts from around the world. This series will help you get to know who we are, and how our colleagues work to support...
Establishing Process Equivalency
A common question when transferring an established process from one facility to another is how to establish that the transferred process is performing equivalently to the original process. Sounds...
How to Safely Launch Medical Cannabis Products in Germany
Over the past few weeks the withdrawal of cannabis products from the German market has been a topic which generated a lot of publicity. Therefore, we want to share some tips on how to safely launch...
Meet the Expert: Hannah Hunter
ProPharma Group has launched a “Meet the Expert” series introducing you to our experts from around the world. This series will help you get to know who we are, and how our colleagues work to support...
Just How Mature Is Your Data Lifecycle / Data Management Function?
The attention of regulatory agencies continues to focus on data integrity, as observed by the increase of FDA observations over the course of the last few years. Having a proper data lifecycle / data...
Get the Most Out of Your GMP Effectiveness Checks
Get the Most Out of Your GMP Effectiveness Checks: We work in a highly regulated industry. Whether you are associated with the manufacturing of a drug, a biologic, or a device, you understand the...
Utilizing an Agile Framework When Implementing ATMPs
Who says you can’t teach an old dog a new trick? Having spent the last 25+ years in small molecule, large molecule, medical devices, I have spent a lot of time planning and executing everything from...
Meet the Expert: Mary Speckin
ProPharma Group has launched a "Meet the Expert" series to introduce you to our experts from around the world. This series will help you get to know who we are, and how our colleagues work to support...
Assumed Brexit & Batch Control Testing Site In the UK
The currently scheduled transition date in the Brexit process, 30 March 2019, is coming very close. In light of this, the European Commission (EC) published on 25 February 2019 a notice on the...
Health Apps and the Requirements Imposed By the Law
If you check Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store you will find an overwhelming list of health and fitness apps. This list only gets longer, if you include the number of people who use these...
7 Things to Consider in Medicinal Cannabis Development
Mention the word cannabis and the confusion starts; legal or illegal, nutraceutical or medicinal product, psychoactive or non-psychoactive, clinically significant or not. At the same time, the...
Industry Poll: How Can Your GMP Auditing Program Be Most Improved
Recently, ProPharma conducted a poll to quality professionals across the country to understand the challenges that FDA regulated companies face in managing their GMP auditing programs. As depicted in...
The Important Role of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
Increasing safe and effective patient treatment opportunities for the future is one of the driving forces behind ProPharma Group’s business. It’s also the driving force behind why many individuals...
Outdated Facilities – Bring Back the ‘c’ in cGMP
New rules, old facilities. How do these two meet? Is it a big black hole or is there light at the end of the tunnel? When you work in an older facility, you are probably acquainted with one-liners...
Industry Poll: What are the Leading Challenges with GMP Auditing?
In a recent poll conducted by ProPharma Group, the question “What is your biggest GMP auditing challenge?” was posed to Quality professionals in the drug manufacturing industry. The following graph...
Implementing a Risk-Based Supplier Management Program
According to recent FDA updates on the implementation of the Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), nearly 40 percent of finished drugs are being imported, and nearly 80 percent of active ingredients,...