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Why Not Use Q-Pulse as Your Med Tech eQMS?

Q-Pulse is a quality management system from Ideagen that helps organisations manage compliance, quality, and s...

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What Is EU Annex 11? How Does It Support GMP in Life Sciences?

EU Annex 11 provides guidelines for the use of computerised systems in ensuring Good Manufacturing Practices (...

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Navigating UKCA Marking for Medical Devices: What You Need to Know

Post-Brexit, there is still confusion about the future use of the UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) markings and w...

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5 Steps to a Robust Corrective Action Process

It’s the job of your corrective action process to identify and eliminate the systemic issues that will prevent...

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5 Challenges in Building a Pharmacovigilance System Master File

Managing the integrity and accessibility of a PSMF (Pharmacovigilance System Master File) is a key challenge f...

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Mastering Non-Conformance Reports: A Guide for Quality Management

How do you log and deal with non-conformities so that faulty products don't end up in the hands of customers? ...

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The Vital Role of ALCOA Principles in Data Integrity for Life Sciences

Data integrity is central to the safe development and manufacturing of every life-science product on the marke...

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The Importance of Equipment Calibration in ISO 13485 and ISO 9001

Monitoring and measuring quality of products and services is a key part of any QMS. But how can you be sure th...

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Understanding the Differences: ISO 9001 vs ISO 13485

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for quality management used in many sectors from construct...

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Navigating IVD Device Regulations in the UK: Challenges for Developers

IVD device regulation is about upping the bar—it’s about making products to a higher standard and ensuring the...

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Securing Virtual Collaboration: Risks and Solutions

Last year, Slack, Zoom and countless other companies hoovered up business as companies shifted to support new ...

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The Competitive Edge of ISO Certification: A Path to Success

The expense and effort of achieving ISO certification is sometimes regarded as excessive and onerous by SMEs -...

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MHRA Guide: Remote Approval Requirements for Digital Signatures

A lot of us have been challenged by remote working lately, whether it’s the back ache acquired from working on...

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Common Pitfalls in Corrective Action Management: How to Avoid Them

ISO 13485, the FDA and the MHRA all require medical device manufacturers to have documented corrective action ...

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Mastering CAPA Management in the Medical Device Industry

Mastering CAPA management is part of the proactive quality mindset that regulators demand, but it is also an a...

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The New Year Honours Data Breach: A Lesson in Document Management

We’ve all been there, haven’t we? We’ve all accidentally published online the addresses of hundreds of celebri...

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Unleashing Organisational Knowledge: ISO 9001:2015 Requirements

The pursuit of quality in any company depends on your ability to transmit all kinds of organisational knowledg...

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Integrating ISO 27001 and ISO 9001: A Guide for High-Tech Businesses

Many high tech businesses who are implementing a Quality Management System (QMS) to gain ISO 9001:2015, are in...

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Unlocking the Potential of DMS for Driverless Tech Development

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and even driverless cars, once the stuff of science fiction, are rap...

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Navigating the Challenges of Med-Tech Quality Management

Time and costs can soon rack up in a med tech device design and development cycle. But those who have installe...

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The FDA's need for Quality Management in Medical Device Development

Reports from the U.S. tell us the FDA is continuing to prioritise Proactive Quality Management in the medical ...

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Unlocking the Value of ISO Certification Beyond Compliance

Is ISO certification the only reward you’ll receive for jumping through all those QMS hoops? And is it really ...

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Securing Regulatory Compliance: The Power of Digital Signatures

Digital signatures are proving valuable tools for businesses developing products for release in highly regulat...

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Cognidox achieves full iSO 27001 certification

Cambridge, UK, 1 August 2018 - Cognidox, the leading provider of document management solutions for the high-te...

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Document Security in the Information Age: A Two-Pronged Approach

Most people think of document security only in relation to highly sensitive documents. However, the security o...

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The Rising Threat of Whaling: Protecting Your Organisation from Fraud

The CEO, CFO, COO of a company: the people in charge, the brains behind the whole organisation. If not totally...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part IX

How to apply Risk-based Thinking to Quality Processes - a Summary There are twelve posts in this series. To re...

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Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part VIII

RISK MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGY FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT Steps 4-6 in the method There are twelve posts in this seri...

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Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part VII

There are twelve posts in this series. To read Part VI, please click here. Steps 1-3 in the method If you have...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part VI

There are twelve posts in this series. To read Part V, please click here. Risk based thinking is the new 'prev...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part V

SO 31000 Risk management techniques - continued Attributes of a selection of risk assessment tools There are t...

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Apply Risk-Based Thinking in ISO 9001:2015 Quality Processes - Part II

ISO 31000 Risk management techniques: A selection of risk assessment tools you might like to consider Part 1 i...

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ISO27001:2013 Documentation Requirements: A Comprehensive Guide

Documentation Requirements set out in ISO/IEC 27001:2013 For those of you who are currently 'transitioning' to...

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Understanding Changes in ISO 27001:2013 Risk Assessments- Part II

Information Security Risk Assessments in ISO/IEC 27001:2013 ISO/IEC 27001:2013 aligns with the principles and ...

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Understanding the Changes in ISO 27001:2013

The short answer is 'A lot more than many professionals currently think'. To start, though, the basic facts: I...

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Can You Trust Your Ex-Employees with Company Data?

It's one thing to ask whether companies truly trust their employees with company information, but I think most...

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Beware of Virus-Infected Macros and Self-Signed SSL Certificates

I saw an article today whose headline ("Remember macro viruses? Infected Word and Excel files? They're back......

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CogniDox and Information Security Management: A Comprehensive Guide

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