Given the necessity of scaling manufacturing of existing products and developing more specialised, patient-centric drugs, the pharmaceutical industry is expanding into new markets. This market shift highlights the requirement to set up new warehouse sites or set up new logistics supply relationships. Therefore, the industry must ensure in parallel that individuals are upskilled to the GDP principles – it is paramount now more than ever.
The course is designed to provide you with general knowledge of pharmaceutical GDP, the regulatory environment and the impact through market authorization, distribution, and lifecycle of pharmaceutical products.
Practical activities throughout the day will give you the opportunity to raise awareness on GDP guideline and gain outline knowledge on pharmaceutical GDP regulators and best practices, so that the understandings can be utilized in the workplace on completion of the course.
How will I benefit?
This course will help you to:
- Gain fundamental knowledge of pharmaceutical GDP, the regulator(s) and related good practices (GxP)
- Apply the fundamental principles within your pharmaceutical distribution related role
Who should attend?
The course is ideal for anyone in a role within an organization that distributes pharmaceutical medicines or involved in such services or materials (raw materials, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API), filters, packaging materials or consumables). This may involve logistics supply chains, including warehousing, transportation, distribution or wholesalers, secondary-packers and labellers.
What will I learn?
Upon completion of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Describe the distribution chain and common related issues
- Direct pharmaceutical product, compliance and commercial impacts from poor distribution practices
- Describe pharmaceutical good distribution practice (GDP) versus good storage practice (GSP)
- The main Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S) GDP guideline sections
- The general requirements of each PIC/S GDP guideline sections
What is included title ?
Certificate after successful completion
