GMP Part

Agenda Day 1 | 24 June 2025

Welcome

Introduction – Update ECA
Dr Afshin Hosseiny, Chairman of the ECA Advisory Board

EMA: Update on Inspections, MRAs and Work Plan
N.N. Brussels

GMP Update 2025 and Outlook 2026 – Current Trends and Developments in Europe and US
Dr Ulrich Kissel

  • New concepts and elements in new directive 2023/192/EC
  • The EU GMP chapters under revision
  • Supply chain reliability and security
  • The matters of drug shortages
  • Break Through and Prime in relation to ICH Q12

FDA in Europe
N.N. Brussels

EU GMP Annex 11 – The EU Draft Paper
Ib Alstrup & Dr Wolfgang Schumacher

  • ƒCompliance requirements vs. challenges for the regulated industry
  • Pros and Cons of the draft – practitioner‘s perspective

ICH Q9 Trainingspackage: An Overview
Dr Peer Schmidt

  • Overview of the ICH Q9 revision
  • Hazard identification instead of risk identification
  • Formality according to ICH Q9(R1)
  • Risks in drug availability
  • Risk-based decision-making - a daily task
  • Dealing with subjectivity
  • The risk review

Global Functions in Pharma Large Organizations and EU GMP – A Critical Discussion
Dr Ulrich Kissel

  • Why global functions? – characteristics of global function
  • How far does EU GMP support global functions?
  • Views and experience of the local function
  • Gaps, tensions, and conflicts related to the concept of global functions
  • A progressive concept to address current limitations

Summary Day 1: Impact of the Changes in GMP on the Pharmaceutical Industry
Dr Afshin Hosseiny

 

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Agenda Day 2 | 25 June 2025 (morning)

Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization in Pharma
Dr Joerg Stüben

  • How will Artificial Intelligence (AI) influence GMP?
  • Benefits and limits
  • Possible consequences for the QP
  • What else does the digital future bring?

Version 3.0 Equipment Qualification Good Practice Guide
Ralf Gengenbach & Dr Franz Schönfeld

  • Overview about ECA´s Qualification and Validation Guide
  • GEP vs GMP
  • How to integrate suppliers in qualification activities
  • Inspectors view on outsourcing of qualification activities

The new GMP Auditor Guideline
N.N.

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