How Are Changing Regulatory Demands Impacting You?

 

As regulations and guidelines become broader, more electronic and increasingly data driven, manufacturers must adapt with ever changing regulatory demands. Regulators are shifting more responsibility onto manufacturers to instil quality throughout their operations and throughout their product lifecycles. In the past, small and emerging life sciences companies might have functioned sufficiently with manual processes and disconnected systems, but may now be unable to satisfy the requirements of regulators whose fundamental shift is a growing focus on electronic processes, data driven decisions and increased transparency to information.

In this Acorn Regulatory whitepaper we look at the demands placed upon companies from the following perspectives:

  1. Information Technology.
  2. The Drug Supply Chain.
  3. The FDA’s Quality Metrics Program.
  4. Tightening of Medical Device Regulations.
  5. The Quality Element.

In each of the above listed sections, we assess the changing demands being placed upon companies.  While larger companies may find it easier to resource such issues, they present challenges for small and medium sized life science companies.

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  • combination products regulated as medical devices

The brief whitepaper also provides a handy drug-device checklist.

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About the Author
Gemma Robinson, PhD
Managing Director
As Managing Director of Acorn Regulatory, Gemma Robinson is actively involved on client projects on a day to day basis and she leads a team of respected pharmaceutical, medical device, pharmacovigilance and clinical trial experts.  Gemma is also an active contributor to developing and promoting standards in the regulatory affairs profession and she has worked with a number of academic and not for profit organisations to encourage individuals to pursue a career in regulatory affairs and the broader STEM subjects. You can read more articles by Gemma by clicking the link below.
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