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ICH Q10: Quality Management Systems

The International Conference on Harmonisation recently closed consultation on its draft quality guidance, ICH Q10 Pharmaceutical Quality Systems. Adoption of the ICH Q10 guidance could come in Q1 2008.

It is proposed that pharmaceutical companies that employ quality by design (ICH Q8) and risk management processes (ICH Q9) will have a quality management system to manage administration, change, and continual improvements.

Correlation between ICH Q10 (Draft) and ISO 9001:2000 Quality Standards:

QM Element

ICH Q10 (Draft)

ISO 9000:2000

Quality Policy

Chapter 2.2

Chapter 5.3

Corrective Actions

Chapter 3.2 ii

Chapter 8.5.2

Preventive Actions

Chapter 3.2 ii

Chapter 8.5.3

Improvements

Chapter 4

Chapter 8.5

Management Review

Chapter 2.6

Chapter 5.6

Management Commitment

Chapter 2.1

Chapter 5.1

 

Download ICH Guidelines from http://it-validation.eu/downloads/ich/index.php or at www.ich.org.

 

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