quality
Many Pharmacovigilance and Quality personnel have approached me in the last few years, requesting a Pharmacovigilance Audit Checklist. I also used to be happy to share the version I had prepared in 2012 for my first audit assignment in the European Union. Some of the requestors reverted, stating that the checklist served the purpose, and […]
Apart from Pharmacovigilance department, there are various allied departments that get reviewed during the inspection. The success of the Pharmacovigilance inspection is largely dependent on how the cross-functional stakeholders have fared. That would also mean that the Pharmacovigilance department needs to ensure that these stakeholders perform their work properly. Pharmacovigilance Department (Primary) Secondary: Medical Information […]
In the last few years, after having audited numerous service providers/ business or licensing partners/ distributors etc., I realized having developed fascination towards this off-shoot of PhV, that is #PhVQA. Thanks to the GVP modules as well as PSMF pre-requisites, coupled with the requirements for MAH to maintain a 2-5 yearly audit schedule, making it […]
Common questions asked by the Pharmacovigilance Inspector, with regards to Pharmacovigilance vendors Are all the Pharmacovigilance activities handled in-house? Have you outsourced any of your Pharmacovigilance activities? On what basis was the vendor selected? Qualification process? Audit? Onboarding process? Does the vendor have any BCP measures in place? Can you show the details of this […]