FDA GMP Training for Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices and Dietary Supplements


Survival Kit for Regulatory Inspections

The Survival Kit for Regulatory Inspections
seminar is conducted in three parts.

Part 1
Getting Ready: General Preparations, Pre-Inspection Auditing,
Pre-Approval Inspection Preparation, and Systems-based Inspections

Part 2
How to Manage the Inspection Room and the Control (War)
Room during Regulatory Inspections

Part 3
Staff Training and Preparation for a Regulatory Inspection

Dr. Inglis' qualifications


Part 1
Getting Ready: General Preparations, Pre-Inspection Auditing,
Pre-Approval Inspection Preparation, and Systems-based Inspections

The key to effective management of regulatory inspections is effective preparation.  Being well organized and confident during the inspection means that your firm gives its best possible performance which in turn gives the regulatory inspector the clear message that you know your business thoroughly.

In this seminar, conducted by David Inglis, PhD, an experienced practitioner with three decades in the pharmaceutical industry, you will learn the key principles of preparation of the manufacturing operations and site. This seminar was developed to help participants to determine what actions are needed to build a robust system for handling regulatory inspections.

Getting Ready: General Preparations, Pre-Inspection Auditing,
Pre-Approval Inspection Preparation, and Systems-based Inspections

Part I  General Preparation

  • Documentation and systems review

  • Reviewing manufacturing, engineering, and QA/QC concerns

  • Warehousing and distribution

Part IV  Systems-based Approach to General GMP Compliance Inspection (Drug Manufacturing Inspections)

  • FDA systems-based approach to inspections of production facilities

  • Inspection methods of other regulatory authorities

  • Expectations of the Quality System

  • Essential documentation and records for each part of the system.

 

Part II  Pre-inspection Auditing

  • Purpose of the pre-inspection program

  • Establishing the program

  • Setting up the inspection teams

  • Conducting the inspection and reporting

 

Part V  Questions and Answers

  • Dr. Inglis fields questions from previous seminar participants.

Part III  PAI preparation (distinct from general GMP inspection preparation)

  • Familiarity with submission

  • Overview of product development

  • Process flow diagram

  • API information and critical quality characteristics

 

Part 2
How to Manage the Inspection Room and the Control (War)
Room during Regulatory Inspections

The key to effective management of regulatory inspections is effective preparation.  Being well organized and confident during the inspection means that your firm gives its best possible performance which in turn gives the regulatory inspector the clear message that you know your business thoroughly.

In this seminar, conducted by David Inglis, PhD, an experienced practitioner with three decades in the pharmaceutical industry, you will learn the key principles of the organization of the Inspection Room and Control Room (often known as the War Room). This seminar was developed to help participants to determine what actions are needed to build a robust system for handling regulatory inspections.

Key topics that will be covered include:

Inspection Room

  • How to organize the Inspection Room and get off to a good start

  • How to communicate with the Control Room

  • How to manage roles and responsibilities

  • How to handle daily wash-up meetings and the close-out meeting

  • How to communicate to the rest of the site/company

Control Room

  • How to organize the Control Room – layout, technology and personnel

  • How to prepare staff to contribute in the inspection room

  • What documents to prepare and how to control them

How to Manage the Inspection Room and the Control (War)
Room during Regulatory Inspections

Part I  Inspection Room Management

  • Layout and equipment or technology

  • Getting started

  • Communications with the control room

  • Daily wash-up sessions

  • Communication with rest of site / company.

  • Inspection close-out meeting

Part II  Control Room Management

  • Layout and equipment or technology

  • Staff present / roles

  • Preparation of documentation

  • Document retrieval and review

  • Preparation of experts

 

Part III  Questions and Answers

  • Dr. Inglis fields questions from previous seminar participants.

Part 3
Staff Training and Preparation for a Regulatory Inspection

The key to effective management of regulatory inspections is effective preparation. Being well organized and confident during the inspection means that your firm gives its best possible performance which in turn gives the regulatory inspector the clear message that you know your business thoroughly.

In this seminar, conducted by David Inglis, PhD, an experienced practitioner with three decades in the pharmaceutical industry, you will learn the key principles of the preparation of staff who will be expected to face the inspector(s). This seminar was developed to help participants to determine what actions are needed to build a robust system for handling regulatory inspections.

Key topics that will be covered include:

  • Staff Training and Preparation

  • Facing the inspector – Competent, Confident, Credible, Knowledgeable

  • Use of high level presentations

  • Likely targets

  • Know and respect the inspector’s techniques

  • Behaviors to encourage

  • Behaviors to avoid

Staff Training and Preparation for a Regulatory Inspection

Part I  How to Face the Inspector and Interact Effectively

  • Facing the inspector – competent, confident, credible, knowledgeable

  • Use of high level presentations

  • Likely targets

  • Know and respect the inspector’s techniques

  • General inspection behaviors to encourage

  • General inspection behaviors to avoid

 

Part II  Questions and Answers

  • Dr. Inglis fields questions from previous seminar participants.

David Inglis, Ph.D.

DR DAVID INGLIS is director of Ulverston GMP Consulting Ltd, specialising in GMP/Quality Assurance for the manufacturing sectors of the pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare industry.  He has extensive experience in assessment and improvement of QA/GMP systems, auditing, GMP training, inspection preparation and plant cleaning/decontamination, especially in bulk intermediates and APIs.  He has a higher degree (Ph.D.) in enzyme chemistry (affinity chromatography).

During three decades in Quality Assurance in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr Inglis has gained extensive experience of Quality Management, through roles in QA laboratories, GMP compliance and regulatory compliance.  He successfully pioneered automated HPLC methods, then managed all aspects of QC laboratories before spending the following 11 years managing and developing Quality Assurance, including documentation, control of change, auditing and routine regulatory compliance to cGMP.  He is a Qualified Person under EU Regulations, formerly for bulk sterile antibiotics and now for bulk product intermediates in clinical trials and for medicinal products imported into the EU.

Dr Inglis is an experienced international auditor of suppliers and contractors and has successfully prepared several sites for FDA/MHRA inspections, including FDA Systems- based inspections and has extensive experience of being the lead spokesman during major regulatory inspections.

Dr Inglis is a specialist in cGMP training and QA system improvement.  His flagship improvement package details a system of secure GMP compliance at competitive cost.  For conceiving and developing this package, Dr Inglis received the highest level of recognition for excellence from a global pharmaceutical manufacturing company.