Labcompliance Video Seminar 

Video clips are recorded and imbedded in PowerPoint presentation slides. This allows highest flexibility. For example slides and clips can be skipped or replayed several times. The PowerPoint presentation with video clips come on a CD or as web download. Reference material such as 10+ best practice documents can be downloaded from a password protected website. The site and its updates can be accessed for two years.

Video Seminar 103

Managing OOS Test Results and Failure Investigations

Implementing the final FDA Guidance for Pharmaceutical Quality Control Laboratories and Production

With Dr. Ludwig Huber

No or inadequate procedures for handling out of specification (OOS) situations, failure investigations and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) are amongst the most frequently found deviations in FDA warning letters. Companies have procedures but either they are not adequate or are not followed. Now the FDA has just released the final guidance on OOS test results. The scope has been expanded from API and finished product testing to include testing of raw materials, in-process materials and stability studies. In addition the new guidance puts more stringent requirements on the Quality Control Unit. The industry is unsure how to implement the new guidance.

Key Questions related to OOS and failure investigations are:

• What's new about the final FDA OOS guidance?
• What are the critical requirements
• What exactly are the expectations of inspectors?
• Does the new guidance apply to APIs and what are requirements of ICH Q7A?
• When should a full investigation be initiated?
• Who has overall responsibility for evaluating investigation results?
• How many times can/should we retest?
• How to conduct a batch failure investigation?
• Can we release a batch even if an OOS test is not invalidated?
• How to deal with out-of-trend (OOT) results?
• How to develop FDA compliant corrective and preventive action plans?
• How can I avoid OOS situations BEFORE they occur?
• What if the result meets compendial specs but not our internal specs?

How does the video seminar help:

Answers will be presented by Dr. Ludwig Huber in a new interactive video seminar. During the seminar, the speaker will present the requirements of the new FDA OOS guidance and give practical recommendations. After the seminar, an extensive list of reference material like SOPs, worksheets, templates and examples will help immediate and cost effective implementation. The SOPs have been updated according to the new FDA OOS guidance

During the interactive presentation you learn about:

• FDA regulations and guidelines
• FDA's final Guidance for Industry: Investigating Out-of-Specification (OOS) Test Results for Pharmaceutical Production
• Learning from recent FDA 483's and warning letters
• Requirements of ICH Q7A for APIs
• Developing SOPs for OOS situations and laboratory failures
• Managing formal and informal investigations in laboratories and manufacturing
• Retesting: when and what and how many times
• Developing corrective and preventive action plans
• Root cause analysis
• Strategies to avoid OOS situations BEFORE they occur
• FDA compliant documentation of OOS, failures investigations, root causes and CAPA

And for easy and instant implementation:
download 10+ documents from special seminar website

• SOPs:
  - Handling OOS results (updated according to FDA's final OOS guidance)
  - Laboratory Failure Investigations
  - Corrective and Preventive Actions
  - Investigating Manufacturing Incidents
• Templates/Checklist:
  - OOS Results (updated according to FDA's final OOS guidance)
• Reference Articles
  - Preventing Out-of-Specification (OOS)
• Situations Caused by Laboratory Errors
  - CAPA: A fundamental quality subsystem
  - How to avoid warning letters
• Five Warning letters and/or Inspectional observations related to OOS and CAPA
• FDA Guidance for Industry:
  Investigating Out of Specification (OOS) Test Results for Pharmaceutical Production (October 2006)
• DOE: Root Cause Analysis Guidance (69 pages)

Who should attend?

• Laboratory managers and supervisors
• GLP/GMP auditors
• QA/QCU managers and personnel
• Responsible persons (for EU compliance)
• Analysts and other laboratory staff
• Regulatory affairs
• Human resources (HR) managers and staff
• Training departments
• Consultants

Cost and Ordering

Video seminar - Web download Download the video presentation from a password protected website (approx. 150 Mbytes) Order includes all reference material. Share the video and all reference material at your site	US$ 449.-
Video seminar - CD Get the CD in your mail Order includes all reference material.	US$ 449.-

About Dr. Ludwig Huber

Dr. Ludwig Huber is the author of the Labcompliance Newsletter. He has been conducting over 100 web and audio or video based seminars since ten years. He is worldwide director for FDA compliance at Agilent Technologies.

Dr. Ludwig Huber is a frequent presenter at IVT conferences and has been awarded as the 'Presenter of the Year' out of 170 speakers. This photo is from IVT's conference on Network Qualification with Ludwig Huber as plenary speaker.

Dr. Huber has published several books related to validation and compliance, for example: Validation of Computerized Analytical and Networked Systems. He was or still is a member of several committees, e.g., of the GAMP Special interest group (SIG) on Laboratory Computers, PDA Part 11 task force, IVT task force on network infrastructure qualification and the European Compliance Academy. He frequently visits FDA in Rockville, VA, and participates in panel discussions with FDA professionals. For more information, click here.