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Preparing for and Surviving an FDA Inspection

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Who Should Attend
This overview course is intended for individuals whose functions have direct or indirect involvement with FDA inspections. These functions include among others:

  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Quality Assurance
  • Auditing
  • Quality Control
  • Documentation Management
  • Research and Development
  • Plant Management
  • Executive Management
  • Engineering

Description
This course provides a background and understanding of the role played by the Agency, its administrative and enforcement powers. It takes the participant step by step through the entire inspection process and describes various types of inspections, i.e. pre-approval inspections (PAI), routine GMP inspections, bioresearch monitoring inspections, quality systems inspections techniques (QSIT) applied to medical device companies and system-based inspections program applied to drug companies. A detailed description of the six systems will be provided.

The course offers methodologies and techniques on:

  • How a firm should prepare for an FDA inspection
  • Ways to train employees in view of the inspection
  • How to ensure that required documentation is in place
  • How to interact with the investigator—DO’s and DON’T’s
  • What companies should do when the inspection ends
  • How to reply to 483’s and warning letters
  • Legal implications of non-compliance
  • Post inspection actions

The course consists of lectures, discussions and a practical workshop which will enable participants to work in small groups and design a company policy/procedure for handling FDA inspections.

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Documentation Management and Control
September 19–20, 2011 • New Brunswick, NJ
Course ID #1866

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