Posts in Quality Assurance

ISO Certification for Life-Sciences Companies: 13485, 9001 and 27001

The three ISO standards that matter most in life sciences — and what the 2026 ISO 9001 revision means for companies certified today.

GxP Training Mandates: What EU GMP and GDP Actually Require

Training is a legal obligation under EU GMP and GDP. What the rules require and how to build a training system that survives inspection.

Serialisation and the Falsified Medicines Directive in Greece

Every prescription pack in Europe now carries a unique code and a tamper-evident seal. For companies supplying Greece, the country’s late arrival to this system[…]

The Qualified Person: The Signature That Releases a Batch

No batch of medicine reaches a patient in the EU until one named individual takes personal legal responsibility for it. Understanding the Qualified Person’s role[…]

Serialisation και την Οδηγία για τα Ψευδεπίγραφα Φάρμακα: Κρατώντας την Αλυσίδα Εφοδιασμού Ασφαλής

Since February 2019, almost every prescription medicine pack in the EU has carried two safety features — a unique 2D barcode and an anti-tampering device[…]

The Qualified Person and Batch Release: The Last Line of Defence

No medicinal product can be placed on the EU market until a Qualified Person (QP) has certified the batch. It is one of the most[…]

Good Distribution Practice: What the Guidelines Actually Require

A medicine can be manufactured perfectly and still reach the patient compromised. Good Distribution Practice governs everything that happens in between — and it is[…]

GMP Inspection Readiness: Annex 1 and the Contamination Control Strategy

The revised Annex 1 did more than tighten sterile manufacturing rules — it made the Contamination Control Strategy the organising document of your entire quality[…]