GMP News - Computer Validation

As a consequence of significant GMP violations, the American FDA issued an unusually serious Warning Letter to a Hungarian company on 13 October 2016. Serious also because the authority put this company on import alert until the violations are corrected. Read more about the details concerning data integrity issues listed in the 2016 FDA Warning Letter to Teva Pharmaceutical Works Private Ltd. 

Data Integrity is one of the hottest topics in regulatory activities at the moment. After the publication of draft documents by FDA in April 2016 and MHRA in July 2016, the PIC/S and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) followed on 10 August 2016 with two new documents. Please find here a short overview of the PIC/S draft PI 041-1 "Good practices for data management and integrity in regulated GMP/GDP environments" and the EMA  "Questions and Answers: Good Manufacturing Practices - Data Integrity".

On 16 May 2016, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to the German APIs manufacturer BBT Biotech GmbH. Read more about the deviations discovered with regard to computerised systems and data integrity.

Again, the US American FDA has issued a Warning Letter to a manufacturer of sterile medicinal products. Extensive and serious violations of the GMP principles have been discovered at the Indian manufacturer Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited. Part 2 of this News addresses environment and personnel topics. Read more about the most significant deviations in this Warning Letter.

The ECA Foundation has established various working and interest groups concentrating on different topics. To cover IT technologies with regard to international GMP requirements the Foundation now established a new Interest Group on Pharmaceutical IT Compliance.

In July 2015, the second MHRA blog on the theme of data integrity went live. This time, the focus is on designing systems properly. The ALCOA principles are considered to be very helpful. Read more about the MHRA Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Data Integrity blog part 2.

Everyone uses Excel Spreadsheets. Also in pharmaceutical companies, Excel Spreadsheets are used in different departments. But what are the EU GMP requirements for the templates. Read more in our GMP News about Excel Spreadsheets.