Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Symposium

MHRA have released a summary of the recent Good Distribution Practice (GDP) Symposium. The focus of the 2018 GDP symposium was maintaining compliance in a changing world.

One of the interesting things to note is with the top five deficiencies were reported as follows:

• Chapter 1 Quality Management – 38% of inspections
• Chapter 9 Transport – 25% of inspections
• Chapter 5 Qualification of Customers – 20% of inspections
• Chapter 6 Returned Medicinal Products – 18% of inspections
• Chapter 2 Responsible Person – 15% of inspections

From this, organizations should be putting together personal learning action plans, namely:

• identification of role improvement opportunities
• evaluation of learning needs
• increasing knowledge of licence activities
• undertaking new learning opportunities
• maintaining learning records

Full details can be found here:  https://mhrainspectorate.blog.gov.uk/2019/06/11/the-2018-good-distribution-practice-gdp-symposium/

Posted by Dr. Tim Sandle, Pharmaceutical Microbiology