This publication represents a significant achievement in our ongoing effort to ensure that everyone can reach the highest possible level of health. Over the last three decades, we have seen the transformation of the pharmaceutical industry and the increasing intricacy of the product life cycle. The challenges we face today are very different from those we faced when the first edition of this Compendium was published in 1997. However, our mission remains the same: to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable. The new edition reflects the collective knowledge and expertise of countless professionals who have worked diligently to develop, revise, and implement WHO guidelines for pharmaceuticals. This includes experts from WHO, Member States, our Expert Advisory Panels and Expert Committees on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations and other organizations and has undergone extensive consultation with stakeholders worldwide. This Compendium covers development through manufacturing and quality control to post-marketing surveillance. It provides a comprehensive framework for quality assurance that is both strong and flexible, capable of meeting the requirements of a rapidly changing global health landscape. The 10th edition is a collection of knowledge and tools for empowerment, enabling all stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry to make informed decisions that prioritize patient safety and well-being.

The GMP Compendium for Medical Products is a valuable resource for manufacturers, regulators, and other stakeholders involved in producing and distributing medical products. It covers various topics, from quality management systems to personnel hygiene, equipment validation, and complaint handling. The guidance provided is based on the latest scientific and technical knowledge and considers the evolving regulatory landscape and the challenges faced by the industry.

The fact that good manufacturing practice (GMP) audits in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries have to be evaluated, and with very limited resources, has created a gap in this field. The lack of trained and qualified GMP auditors is on the rise in all organizations that are required to implement FDA, EMA, MHRA, WHO, TGA, and PIC/S regulations. This volume is an essential reference source for those organizations operating in the field of health and presents the basic knowledge needed to perform audits. The author also provides useful tips and a selection of samples about GMP audits that are indispensable for professionals and health inspectors working in industry and health authorities. Features • An essential reference source for those organizations operating in the field of health and presents the basic knowledge needed to perform audits. • Anyone working in the manufacturing sector needs to be aware of GMP, be able to identify operational flaws as well as legal violations, and have a clear understanding of how to meet GMP standards. • Assists readers in understanding the importance of GMP and how they can apply each aspect in their working environment. • Covers a global regulatory landscape. • Suitable for relevant degree courses including industrial pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical biotechnology.

Quality assurance of pharmaceutical products is a continuing concern of WHO. Despite efforts made around the world to ensure a supply of quality and effective medicines, substandard, spurious and counterfeit products still compromise health care delivery in many countries. To respond to the global need for adequate quality assurance of pharmaceuticals, WHO's Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations has over the years made numerous recommendations to establish standards and guidelines and to promote the effective functioning of national regulatory and control systems and the implementation of internationally agreed standards by trained personnel. Many of the relevant documents endorsed by the Committee are reproduced in this volume providing guidance covering all aspects of good manufacturing practices (GMP). Important texts on inspection are also included. Most of the material has been published separately in the Expert Committee's reports. This compendium brings it together to make it more accessible and of greater practical value to those working in faculties of pharmacy, in medicines regulation and control and in the pharmaceutical industry. This is the second updated edition of the compendium and includes texts published in 2005 and 2006 in the WHO Technical Report Series.

This work covers the entire scope of pharmaceutics, from the basics of drug dosage and routes of administration to the finer points of drug discovery, drug product development, legislation and regulations governing quality standards and product approval for marketing.

Over the years, the World Health Organization's Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations, originally created to prepare The International Pharmacopoeia, has made numerous recommendations relevant to quality assurance and control for national regulatory and control systems and the implementation of international standards, but for the most part they have only been available in the annexes to various technical reports. In this second of two volumes, those annexes providing guidelines related to good manufacturing practices and to inspection of manufacturers and drug distribution channels have been gathered and revised. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).