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REGULATORY SERVICES

Compliance Services

Our staff can provide regulated industries such as pharmaceutical and biotechnology with a range of services designed to improve compliance and enhance “inspectability”. Our personnel have experience with preparing facilities and systems for FDA, EMEA, HCA and other regulatory bodies. We provide practical solutions to compliance based on experience as a result of which our approach has been validated by 5 successful regulatory inspections with minimal issues.

Regulatory Consulting Services
Our services include providing assistance to our clients to prepare for inspections from regulatory bodies such as

  • FDA
  • HCA
  • EMEA


Audits
We have expertise and experience in performing internal audits as well as vendor audits. At the end of an audit we provide our clients with concrete recommendations to remediate issues found during the audit.

Quality Documentation Program
Our staff has worked with clients to develop functional SOPs. We have also developed and reviewed change control procedures for some of our clients. Our expertise also encompasses development and review of validation programs as well as revalidation programs.

Commissioning
We have extensive experience with commissioning and startup of new or existing facilities. Activities include
  • Assembly of project and system manuals
  • Training
  • Procedure development
  • Punchlist resolution
Together with our validation capabilities, we leverage commissioning and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) processes to reduce the time and effort required for validation.

Training
Our staff has provided customized training on
  • cGxP
  • Validation
  • Part 11
  • and other Compliance related activities

Computer Validation

Aztec Consulting has the expertise and experieince to validate the most complex computer and control systems as well as the most complex enterprise-wide systems such as LIMS, EDMS or SAP. We can supplement your internal computer validation resources with our personnel who have extensive experience with ever changing regulations. We combine experience and expertise with a risk based approach to computer validation. Our experience with systems includes the following:

Manufacturing Automation Systems
  • Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
         Allen Bradley, GE, Modicon
  • Distributed Control Systems (DCS)
          Delta V, Siemens APACS, Fisher Provox
  • Building Automation Systems (BMS)
          Siemens, Andover, Honeywell
  • Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs)
          iFix, RSView


  • Laboratory System Validation
  • HPLCs
          Agilent, Shimadzu, Dionex
  • FT-IR
          Nicolet
  • pH Meter
          Mettler Toledo


  • Enterprise IT Systems
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
          SAP, Oracle
  • Lab Information Management System (LIMS)
          Sample Manager, Beckman
  • Electronic Document Mgmt System (EDMS)
          Documentum
  • Computerized Main. Mgmt. System (CMMS)
          Maximo, Champs
  • Training
          Isotrain
  • IT Architecture Qualification

    Aztec Consulting has provided the following services to some of our clients to ensure that their IT Infrastructure and systems are installed and operate in a compliant manner and can stand up to an "inspection".

    • Review design of networks and ensure logical segregation of GxP segments from business segments.
    • Develop/Review IT procedures for desktop deployments, operating system/application upgrades, inventory of GxP equipment, etc.
    • Develop/Review Change Management procedures for GxP systems/applications
    • Develop/Review system security procedures for compliance to Part 11
    • Develop/Review data backup/recovery and retention proceudres
    • Develop/Review Disaster Recovery procedures
    • Develop/Review 21 CFR Part 11 procedures

    21 CFR Part 11 Remediation

    Our range of services encompass the following activities:

    • Develop/Review Part 11 compliance strategy
    • Perform Part 11 training
    • Perform inventory
    • Perform gap analysis
    • Determine systems to be remdiated based on risk analysis
    • Establish timeline and budget for systems to be remediated
    • Remediate systems
    • Perform validation of remediated systems