Establishing A Reduced Testing Program For Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Components

The FDA has begun to more closely scrutinize the industrys effort in the qualification of suppliers and contractors. This is particularly true in the qualification of the supplier for a reduced testing program. When properly administered, a reduced testing program lowers the cost of testing and provides a higher level of quality.

The principles for pharmaceuticals and medical devices are the same but there are some differences due to the nature of the products.

This course will help you understand FDA expectations for reduced testing of components and will develop your confidence in maintaining control of supplier quality. This discussion begins with explaining, in stepwise fashion, the various steps required to have a successful reduced testing program. The primary steps include material qualification, general supplier qualification, supplier qualification for reduced testing, establishing criteria for sampling, the role of the laboratory, test methods, comparing analytical results, and determining the Certificate of Analysis (COA).

Areas Covered in the Seminar:

- Requirements for material qualification.
- Key elements of audit that help understand the suppliers ability to produce consistent product.
- Evaluation of the audit results to qualify for reduced testing will be explained.
- The terms supplier reliability and supplier history will be placed into perspective.
- Sampling plans and minimum testing requirements.
- Explanation on how to analyze and compare laboratory results and make a determination about the acceptability of the supplier for the reduced testing program.
- Process for preparing the requirements for the COA, processing receipt of COAs, and maintaining control.

Who Will Benefit:

This webinar will provide valuable assistance to all Pharmaceutical & Medical Device companies/ manufacturing sites. Those that would benefit most would be:

- Material Laboratory Managers & Personnel
- Incoming Warehouse
- Purchasing & Production
- Quality Assurance Managers
- Suppliers

Howard Cooper, enjoys sharing his 30 years plus experience in starting up, developing, implementing, managing, and remediating pharmaceutical and medical device quality systems. He has a BS in Biology/Chemistry and Political Science as well as work toward an MBA. His ability to quickly learn the technology is demonstrated by his success in applying quality assurance principles to a wide range of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.