Flow And Level Instrument Verification In Pharmaceuticals

By Ravi Shankar

Recently, Quality Risk Management (QRM) has become a mandatory regulatory requirement for drug manufacturers. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) publish guidelines and requirements which customers and vendors are expected to follow. Guidelines such as “Process Validation: General Principles and Practices” by the FDA and Annex 15 issued by the EMA offer input to help drug manufacturers design processes correctly.

Based on the new process validation model published by the FDA, validation is never finished, but is instead a process of continuous improvement. Maintenance and calibration activities of instruments are part of stage 3 in the model.