Content focuses on the role and elements of a quality management system, its impact on the overall risk management approach, and its implementation scientifically and pragmatically. Case studies could demonstrate risk management's purpose, elements, and implementation, a quality management system, and systems validation.
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Commissioning and Qualification (C&Q): Building Capability for a New Era of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Across the pharmaceutical industry, organizations are reassessing how and where medicines are…
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From Exploration to Action: Accelerating “Connect” at the 2026 ISPE Aseptic Conference
I believe that ISPE is not just an organization. It is a global community united by a shared purpose…
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Innovating Regulation: Global Perspectives on Modernizing Quality and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
A panel discussion at the 2026 ISPE Europe Annual Conference brought together leading regulators…
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When AI Meets GxP: A Risk-Based Framework for Continuous AI Validation in Life Sciences
How do you validate a dynamic system? In regulated life science environments, AI is now operational…
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Building Resilient Pharmaceutical Facilities: Strategic Insights for a Rapidly Evolving Industry
The pharmaceutical industry is experiencing a period of unprecedented growth and transformation…
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Solving the Large N Fallacy: A Dual-Key Approach to Lifecycle Process Monitoring
As a pharmaceutical process transitions from early commercial launch into mature continued process…
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From Vision to Impact: Advancing “Educate” as a Measurable Outcome at the 2026 ISPE Facilities of the Future Conference
The 2026 ISPE Facilities of the Future Conference, held this past February in San Diego, CA, USA…
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Beyond Audit Readiness: Building Always-Ready Quality Systems in Life Sciences
From periodic audit preparation to continuous, system-driven compliance in modern life sciences…
PE Articles
From Paper to Digital Sterility Testing - Audit-Ready, anytime!
As laboratories move from paper and standalone instruments toward integrated, digital workflows…
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Advancing Science, Connecting Knowledge, and Empowering People to Reliably Reach Every Patient
As the pharmaceutical industry continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, the 2026 ISPE Annual…
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Improving Compliance, Speed Decisions, and Reduce Operational Risk Using AI and Digital Quality Solutions
Improving Compliance, Speed Decisions, and Reduce Operational Risk Using AI and Digital Quality…
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Advancing Commissioning and Qualification (C&Q) Through Quality Risk Management
In today’s pharmaceutical manufacturing landscape, ensuring product quality and patient safety while…
Guidance Documents
Advanced Manufacturing (1)
Artificial Intelligence (1)
Biotechnology (2)
Commissioning & Qualification (5)
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (Second Edition)
- Good Practice Guide: Decommissioning Pharma Equipment & Facilities
- Good Practice Guide: Controlled Temperature Chambers 2nd Edition
- Baseline Guide Vol 5: Commissioning & Qualification 2nd Edition
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Testing GxP Systems 2nd Edition
Compounding (1)
Data Integrity (16)
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: GxP Process Control Systems 3rd Edition.
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Digital Validation
- GAMP Guide: Records & Data Integrity
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Global Info Systems Control & Compliance 2nd Edition
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Manufacturing Execution Systems
- GAMP RDI Good Practice Guide: Data Integrity - Key Concepts
- GAMP RDI Good Practice Guide: Data Integrity - Manufacturing Records
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Calibration Management 2nd Edition
- GAMP RDI Good Practice Guide: Data Integrity by Design
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Operation of GxP Computerized Systems
- GAMP 5 Guide 2nd Edition
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Enabling Innovation
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Testing GxP Systems 2nd Edition
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Regulated Mobile Applications
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: IT Infrastructure Control & Compliance 2nd Edition
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: GxP Compliant Laboratory Computerized Systems 2nd Edition
Drug Shortages (1)
Facilities of the Future (1)
GAMP® (15)
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: GxP Process Control Systems 3rd Edition.
- GAMP Guide: Records & Data Integrity
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Global Info Systems Control & Compliance 2nd Edition
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Manufacturing Execution Systems
- GAMP RDI Good Practice Guide: Data Integrity - Key Concepts
- GAMP RDI Good Practice Guide: Data Integrity - Manufacturing Records
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Calibration Management 2nd Edition
- GAMP RDI Good Practice Guide: Data Integrity by Design
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Operation of GxP Computerized Systems
- GAMP 5 Guide 2nd Edition
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Enabling Innovation
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Testing GxP Systems 2nd Edition
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Regulated Mobile Applications
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: IT Infrastructure Control & Compliance 2nd Edition
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: GxP Compliant Laboratory Computerized Systems 2nd Edition
Good Manufacturing Practice (8)
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Product Recall Management
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Product Quality Complaint
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Out-of-Specification
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Investigation
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Environmental Monitoring Excursion
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Deviation Management
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: CAPA Management
- Guide: 503B Compounding
Knowledge Management (6)
- GAMP RDI Good Practice Guide: Data Integrity by Design
- APQ Guide: Cultural Excellence
- APQ Guide: Process Performance & Product Quality Monitoring System (PPPQMS)
- APQ Guide: Change Management (CM) System
- APQ Guide: Management Responsibilities & Review (MRR)
- APQ Guide: Corrective Action & Preventive Action (CAPA) System
Lifecycle Management (3)
Manufacturing Operations (12)
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Continuous Manufacturing of Biological Products
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Control Strategy Development for Continuous Manufacturing of Oral Solid Dosage Forms
- ISPE Guide: Sustainability
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Product Recall Management
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Product Quality Complaint
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Out-of-Specification
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Investigation
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Environmental Monitoring Excursion
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: Deviation Management
- ISPE Quality Management System Standard Operating Procedure Template: CAPA Management
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Ozone Sanitization of Pharmaceutical Water Storage and Distribution Systems (Second Edition)
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Manufacturing Execution Systems
Microbiological & Viral Contamination Control (3)
Oral Solid Dosage (1)
Process Analytical Technology (7)
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Continuous Manufacturing of Biological Products
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Control Strategy Development for Continuous Manufacturing of Oral Solid Dosage Forms
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Validation 4.0
- PQLI Guide: Part 1 - Product Realization using QbD: Concepts & Principles
- PQLI Guide: Part 2 - Product Realization using QbD: Illustrative Example
- APQ Guide: Process Performance & Product Quality Monitoring System (PPPQMS)
- PQLI Guide: Part 4 - Process Performance & Product Quality Monitoring System
Project Management (1)
Quality Assurance (9)
- Good Practice Guide: Process Validation
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Digital Validation
- Guide: 503B Compounding
- APQ Guide: Cultural Excellence
- APQ Guide: Change Management (CM) System
- APQ Guide: Management Responsibilities & Review (MRR)
- APQ Guide: Corrective Action & Preventive Action (CAPA) System
- PQLI Guide: Part 3 - Change Management System
- The Cultural Excellence Report - Six Key Dimensions
Quality Control (1)
Quality by Design (6)
- ISPE Guide: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products - Validation Methods and Controls Throughout the Cell and Gene Therapy Product Lifecycle
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Validation 4.0
- Baseline Guide Vol 6: Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Facilities 3rd Edition
- PQLI Guide: Part 1 - Product Realization using QbD: Concepts & Principles
- PQLI Guide: Part 2 - Product Realization using QbD: Illustrative Example
- Baseline Guide Vol 5: Commissioning & Qualification 2nd Edition
Regulatory (4)
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Ozone Sanitization of Pharmaceutical Water Storage and Distribution Systems (Second Edition)
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (Second Edition)
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Global Info Systems Control & Compliance 2nd Edition
- Baseline Guide Vol 5: Commissioning & Qualification 2nd Edition
Sustainability (1)
Sustainable Facilities, HVAC, & Controlled Environments (2)
Validation (15)
- Good Practice Guide: Process Validation
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: GxP Process Control Systems 3rd Edition.
- ISPE Guide: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products - Validation Methods and Controls Throughout the Cell and Gene Therapy Product Lifecycle
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Validation 4.0
- ISPE Good Practice Guide: Digital Validation
- Guide: Cleaning Validation Lifecycle - Applications, Methods, & Controls
- GAMP Guide: Records & Data Integrity
- GAMP RDI Good Practice Guide: Data Integrity - Key Concepts
- GAMP RDI Good Practice Guide: Data Integrity - Manufacturing Records
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Calibration Management 2nd Edition
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Operation of GxP Computerized Systems
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Enabling Innovation
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: Regulated Mobile Applications
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: IT Infrastructure Control & Compliance 2nd Edition
- GAMP Good Practice Guide: GxP Compliant Laboratory Computerized Systems 2nd Edition
Community Discussions
Community Discussions
Mar 18, 2026
Data Integrity
Mar 12, 2026
Mar 11, 2026
Data Integrity
Mar 11, 2026
Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
Biotechnology
Mar 05, 2026
Pharmaceutical Engineering Magazine Articles
Building the Future of GxP Manufacturing: Inside the ISPE GAMP® Good Practice Guide for Process Control Systems (Third Edition)
In today’s life sciences landscape, process control systems (PCSs) have become the backbone of…
Continuous Biomanufacturing: From Hype to Evidence-Based Value
The new ISPE Good Practice Guide: Continuous Manufacturing of Biological Products shows how…
Commissioning & Qualification
As technological advances sweep the pharmaceutical industry, this issue explores C&Q digitalization…
Volunteer Profile: Chip Bennett - C&Q Community of Practice Member
Chip Bennett, Senior Director at Project Farma, is a Project Management Institute ®–certified…
Volunteer Profile: Stephanie White - C&Q Community of Practice Steering Committeee Chair
Stephanie White is a pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing leader with more than 23 years…
Best Practices Preparing for a Commissioning and Qualification Audit
This article provides guidance on the best practices to adopt when preparing for an audit or…
Interdependency Matrix: Effective C&Q Project Management
Schedule management faces challenges such as unrealistic deadlines, scope creep, resource…
ASTM E2500-25 Standard Guide: Approval and Updates
ASTM E2500, issued in 2007, has been the primary standard guide defining what is required to apply…
Driving the Future of Commissioning and Qualification: Inside ISPE’s New C&Q Implementation Addendum and Webinar Series
A New Era in Commissioning and Qualification The pharmaceutical industry is at a pivotal moment. The…
Digital Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation in Large Capital Projects
In today’s pharmaceutical landscape, speed, compliance, and efficiency are no longer optional—they…
Lyophilizer Shelf Temperature Mapping: Part II: Study Design
Qualification of equipment used in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products is a critical step…
Message from the Chair: The Future of Risk-Based Equipment Qualification
The pharmaceutical industry stands at a pivotal moment. Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs)…
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Professional Development Training
Hands-On C&Q/PV/ATMP
The course will cover qualification and process validation, from EU and US perspectives, considering both small and large molecule aspects, plus it will include a half day to consider qualification and process validation for ATMPs.
Quality: Miscellaneous
High-level overview of quality event management principles and practices. Part 3 of the ISPE Quality Training Series Quality: Events Quality: Documentation Quality: Miscellaneous Quality: Miscellaneous is the third and final course in ISPE’s comprehensive three‑part Quality Training Series, following Quality: Events and Quality: Documentation. While the earlier courses focus on the identification, management, and documentation of quality events within a GMP environment, this course broadens the perspective to address a set of additional quality system elements essential to maintaining a…
Quality Control Analytical Laboratory Testing
Quality Control Analytical Lab Testing Fundamentals provides a foundational introduction to the essential laboratory practices that underpin Quality Control (QC) operations in pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical environments. Designed for those new to QC testing or seeking to strengthen their understanding of core analytical principles, this course explores not only what happens in the QC laboratory, but why these practices are vital for ensuring product quality, regulatory compliance, and ultimately, patient safety. Through practical examples and structured guidance, learners will gain…
Quality: Documentation
High-level overview of quality event management principles and practices. Part 2 of the ISPE Quality Training Series Quality: Events Quality: Documentation Quality: Miscellaneous This course provides a high-level overview of essential quality documentation practices and SOPs. Rather than focusing solely on completing individual forms, this course explains why elements such as SOPs, batch records, change control forms, and supporting documentation are critical to a robust pharmaceutical quality system. You’ll learn the key principles behind effective document creation, control, and lifecycle…
Microlearning: GAMP® Basic Principles – Data Integrity and 21 CFR Part 11
Overview The " Data Integrity and 21 CFR Part 11" section of the GAMP ® Basic Principles (T45) training course provides a comprehensive overview of regulatory expectations for data integrity, electronic records, and electronic signatures in GxP environments. Drawing from FDA guidance, MHRA definitions, and the ISPE GAMP® Records and Data Integrity Guide, the module emphasizes the importance of complete, consistent, and accurate data throughout its lifecycle. Participants explore the scope and application of Part 11, and topics including predicate rules, audit trails, access controls, authority…
Microlearning: GAMP® Basic Principles – Effective and Efficient Compliance
Overview The " Effective and Efficient Compliance" section of the GAMP ® Basic Principles (T45) training course emphasizes strategies for achieving regulatory compliance in a streamlined, risk-based, and resource-conscious manner. Participants explore key efficiency improvements, including leveraging supplier documentation, combining specification deliverables, using automated testing tools, and minimizing unnecessary documentation. The module highlights how risk-based decision-making applies across the system lifecycle from specification and testing to operational change management and system…
Microlearning: GAMP® Basic Principles – User Supplier Activities
Overview The " Regulated Company and Supplier Activities" section of the GAMP ® Basic Principles (T45) training course explores the collaborative roles and responsibilities of regulated companies and their suppliers throughout the lifecycle of computerized systems. Emphasizing a risk-based, scalable approach, the module outlines governance, system-specific tasks, and the importance of leveraging supplier involvement in requirements gathering, testing, training, and maintenance. Participants learn how to assess suppliers using various methods from basic evaluations to on-site audits, and the…
Microlearning: GAMP® Basic Principles – Infrastructure
Overview The " Infrastructure" section of the GAMP ® Basic Principles (T45) training course explores the foundational role of IT infrastructure in supporting GxP computerized systems and ensuring compliance with regulatory expectations. Participants learn the distinction between validation (for applications) and qualification (for infrastructure), and how to apply a good IT practice approach to infrastructure components. The module covers key concepts such as standardized platform builds, scalable qualification strategies, and automated approaches to improve efficiency and reliability. It…
Hands-On Aseptic Processing & Annex 1
This course will focus on aseptic processing and quality management regarding pharmaceutical technology. The training course will provide ample time in clean rooms for various practical exercises, allowing participants to engage in hands-on operations. These sessions will occur in the clean rooms of the EASE platform.
Quality: Events
High-level overview of quality event management principles and practices. Part 1 of the ISPE Quality Training Series Quality: Events Quality: Documentation Quality: Miscellaneous This course offers a high-level summary of quality event topics as an addition to the Quality Events SOP Guidance Documents package. Instead of detailing how to carry out each task, it highlights why these elements are vital for a complete quality system. The course covers the core principles of root cause analysis, CAPA implementation, and effective recall and complaint handling, ensuring learners grasp their…