Press Announcements 2019

With the publication of the draft revision of Annex 1, a term emerges that has not previously been present in this intensity in the guideline - "Contamination Control Strategy".

Although the regulations with regard to qualification and validation are different in the US, in Europe in China and other countries, the core thinking is similar. And what these activities have in common is that they can cost a lot of time and money. A new ECA Guide aims to simplify qualification and validation activities. Special service for participants at the launch conference: get your free download of Jettconsortium templates.

The qualification of equipment has been a regulatory requirement for many years. Although the revision of Annex 15 today allows significantly more flexibility in equipment qualification, it is often still very static and complex. The new ECA Integrated Qualification and Validation Guide will help to change this.

EU GDPs (European Commission of Nov 2013, 2013/C 343/01) require that necessary storage conditions for medicinal products should be maintained during transportation within the defined limits as described by the manufacturers or on the outer packaging. What do the real world storing and shipping conditions look like, though?

The ECA Foundation was recently accepted to the European Medicines Agency's List of Stakeholder Organisations. With the listing the EMA confirmed that the ECA fulfills the authority's eligibility criteria.

The European QP Association is quite active in supporting its members. Find out what the EQPA has achieved in the last six months.