This course will cover the requirements in 21 CFR 121: Mitigation Strategies against intentional adulteration. It is more commonly known as the ‘food defense plan’ regulation. This course will provide an overview and introduction to food defense. You will learn the required components of a food defense plan and the basics of performing a vulnerability assessment. You will also learn about the FDA’s view of intentional adulteration in the dietary supplement industry under FSMA. This course will also provide references and ideas for implementing food defense plans and links to FDA resources for food defense plans. Read more

This course is part of maintaining required compliance to 21 CFR 111 and provides opportunities for ongoing GMP training. Combining extensive industry experience and concrete understanding of regulations with flexible and convenient training, participants in this course will: Take part in a collaborative online training developed to streamline the MMR development processes, focusing on: The difference between an MMR and a BPR The regulatory requirements for MMRs for dietary supplements FDA requirements for BPRs Gain specific guidance to help manage and avoid common issues and pitfalls with MMRs and BPRs. Learn best practices to simplify and improve your internal operations - enabling your batch records to withstand audits and inspections. Full Training agenda: • The regulatory requirements for MMRs for dietary supplements • The difference between an MMR and a BPR • FDA requirements for BPRs • Citations from recent Warning Letters • Creation and use of the Batch Production Record • Examples of best (and less-than-best) practices • Tips to improve your company’s MMRs and BPRs   Read more

This course provides a basic understanding of cleaning and sanitation for dietary supplement facilities. Participants will learn the importance of sanitary facility design, how to build contamination prevention mitigation into the construction of the plant, and how to write a compliant environmental monitoring plan. You will learn what SOPs are required for general facility cleaning and sanitation. At the conclusion of this training, participants will have an understanding of what is required in order to have a compliant cleaning and sanitizing program. At the conclusion of this training participants will have an understanding of what is required in order to have a compliant cleaning and sanitizing program: • Discuss relevant terminologies • Review Personnel hygiene and training requirements • Discuss Facility cleaning and sanitizing • Latest advice from the CDC and WHO • Contamination prevention mitigation • Environmental monitoring • Development of Cleaning & Sanitizing Methods Please note there are two recordings for this session. Instructor: Norm Howe A PDF of the presentation will not be not be distributed for this recording. Read more

This course provides an overview of the US and EU regulatory framework relative to combination products.  This course will discuss the primary mode of action (PMOA), key stakeholders, and Drug-Device Combination (DDC) product requirements as well as a brief discussion of the regulatory framework for jurisdictions beyond the US and EU. This course is approximately 1.5 hours in length and includes knowledge checks after each topic and a competency assessment.    Read more

The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of current good CSV practice along with some practical advice about how to achieve good outcomes in a cost-effective and resource-efficient way. Read more

Course 1 of our Data Integrity Series Problems with data integrity continue to lead to vigorous regulatory actions. Such issues can be prevented with a thorough knowledge and understanding of the regulators’ requirements.  This eLearning course is aimed at anyone working in the Pharmaceutical Industry and is designed to provide an overview of what is meant by data integrity, what needs to be considered during documentation completion, review and approval and how to keep your data complete, consistent and accurate throughout the data lifecycle. This course is course 1 of our Data Integrity series.   Read more