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The velocity at which pharmaceutical innovations are occurring is unparalleled in history. In this context, quality and compliance have shifted from being mere supporting functions to becoming critical strategic elements. Be it cutting-edge biologics and bespoke medicines, the digitization of manufacturing, or the globalization of supply chains, the pharma sector is traversing an arena that is both exhilarating and demanding.
In the context of all of this change, one thing will never change: quality comes first.
Regulatory expectations of compliance continue to accelerate in the context of compliance with the GMP baseline. Newer regulators are looking for more than just the control of data and processes. Lifecycle Quality management is becoming more than simply improving the quality of management but incorporating the management of data, processes, and even the risks. Regulatory bodies such as the US FDA, EMA, and WHO are increasingly directing their attention to:
Compliance, in this context, must no longer be reactive, it must be proactive, predictive, and it must be embedded in every phase of the product life cycle.
The recent trend of moving beyond compliance as checklists to compliance as a culture is a very prominent shift that has taken place. Organizations that have incorporated R&D, manufacturing, quality, labs, IT, and leadership into a unified culture view quality as a shared responsibility and are far more likely to meet compliance requirements.
Essentially, quality culture changes the perception of compliance from a burden to a source of competitive advantage.
Automation, AI, digital analytics, electronic batch records, and smart labs have begun to increase speed, efficiency, and accuracy of analytics, and have begun to provide new layers of complexity with digital and online compliance.
The companies that have placed strong validation and governance frameworks in place with the use of digital tools are the ones that are setting the standards for compliance excellence in the new pharmaceutical world.
The safety, effectiveness, and quality of products are the responsibility of analytical and quality control laboratories. Laboratories are now faced with the challenge of obtaining and maintaining accuracy in results while also responding to an increased amount of scrutiny with regards to the validation of methodologies, qualification of methods, and the traceability of results.
The new age pharmaceutical laboratory is more than a testing laboratory. They have become monumental compliance gatekeepers.
Pharmaceutical companies must now have compliance relationships with vendors, document audits of reassuring functionality, trace the constituents and intermediates of the product, and manage compliance in a manner that is geographically controlled. This is an unfortunate necessity that the cross-border movement of raw materials, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), and finished products creates in the complicated pharmaceutical ecosystem. A compliance deficit anywhere is a loss of reputation everywhere.
Regulatory compliance reimagined is an imperative, not an option, for the pharmaceutical industry as regulatory compliance and technology continue to reshape the industry. The Road Ahead: Compliance as a Strategic Asset outlines an approach to regulatory compliance that will provide a competitive advantage to companies that act early and focus on the following four strategic initiatives:
Regulatory compliance quality is the foundation of trust and not the cost of it. This trust is critical to regulators, the healthcare community, and the patients.
