Certain medical devices utilize animal materials in their manufacture to provide performance characteristics that are more advantageous than non-animal-based materials.
The use of animal material, however, carries the risk of transmitting infectious diseases when it is improperly collected, stored or …
What is a Unique Device Identifier (UDI)?
Unique Device Identifier (UDI) is a globally unique series of characters for each medical device on the market to:
Unambiguously identify a device for patient safety
Improve medical device traceability in the supply chains
The Unique …
Have you ever come away from an audit feeling unsure of your own organisational processes? Do you sometimes feel that your organisation is alone or unique in the types of audit deficiencies observed? How do you compare with others …
Industry support of overdose prevention
This is blog 8 of 10 Blogs in the overdose awareness and overdose prevention series.
What is GxP compliance? And how does GMP/GxP compliance help with overdose prevention efforts?
GMP and GxP are pharmaceutical-industry quality standards and …
Snapshot of the Opioid Crisis (Legal Cases)
This is blog 6 of 10 blogs in the overdose awareness and overdose prevention series.
International Overdose Awareness Day (31st August) is rapidly approaching. It warrants a discussion of the opioid crisis in the …
As we all know there has been an increasing regulatory emphasis on the importance of Quality Metrics. Where there is a demand, there will also follow a supply and just in time, QikSolve have updated their free tool that scrapes data …
FDA Citation Tracking Tool Updated December 2020
I’m excited to share that QikSolve has a new tool to track and trend all FDA inspection and 483 citations from 2008 to 2015, the tool dynamically scrapes data from various live websites …
FDA Crackdowns on False Claims for Medicinal Cannabis Products
False Claims, Fake Medicines and Counterfeit News – Why the U.S. FDA is cracking down on cannabis-product advertising claims and unsubstantiated efficacy statements.
Are U.S. medicinal cannabis suppliers preying on vulnerable populations …
Fake medicines and substandard supplements are increasingly being distributed and consumed across the globe. This is partially due to thousands of unauthorised online pharmacies selling substandard medications, counterfeited pharmaceuticals and other fake drugs. It’s also partially related to consumers …
Counterfeit medicines — fake drugs and falsified medicines — are endangering lives.
How large is the problem of substandard medications and falsified pharmaceuticals? What are the global statistics of counterfeit medications entering countries across the globe?
And how many fake …
