Basic Clean Room Requirements | Designs for GMP Clean Rooms
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Basic Clean Room Requirements | Designs for GMP Clean Rooms

What is a clean room? A cleanroom (GMP cleanroom), in my mind, is a combination of engineering design, fabrication, finish and operational controls (control strategy) that are required to convert a “normal” room to a “clean room”. This blog will attempt to explain the necessary characteristics of a regulated company clean room not producing potent…

Corrective and Preventive Action – is the CAPA closed?
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Corrective and Preventive Action – is the CAPA closed?

Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) is a key process within a pharmaceutical quality management system. It is the process of identifying and documenting corrections and improvements to systems and processes to reduce the risk of a deviation, non-conformance or quality issue occurring or recurring (hereafter referred to as an ‘issue’). A CAPA record must include…

Carbon Neutral and Sustainable Operation Strategies in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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Carbon Neutral and Sustainable Operation Strategies in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

We are proud to say that PharmOut is now a carbon neutral practice, in doing so reaffirming our commitment as a sustainable global consultancy practice. As a means of continuous improvement, this continues to prepare us for the challenges that face us in the responsible design and operation of buildings in working to reduce carbon…

We have a Pharmaceutical Quality System, why do we then need a Quality Culture?
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We have a Pharmaceutical Quality System, why do we then need a Quality Culture?

Once the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS) (as per ICHQ10: Pharmaceutical Quality System) is implemented, it must be ensured that it continues to be effective, and for this to happen there has to be a clear commitment from senior management to a Quality Culture. There are several ways senior management can demonstrate their commitment to the…

Continuous Improvement – An integral part of the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS)
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Continuous Improvement – An integral part of the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS)

‘Continuous Improvement’ or ‘Continual Improvement’ within a quality system can be described as a process of ongoing improvement of products, services or processes through incremental and/or breakthrough improvements. Within the Pharmaceutical Industry, it’s important that companies ask themselves how continuous improvement has been built into the Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS). The term may appear in…