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On June 27, 2016, FDA announced in the Federal Register the issuance of a Technical Reference Document titled “Quality Metrics Technical Conformance Guide”. This Guide is meant to supplement the FDA Guidance titled “Request for Quality Metrics” in that it provides technical recommendations for the submission of quality metrics data called for in the Guidance. […]

We are pleased to announce that Ricki A. Chase will join Lachman Consultants as a Director in the Compliance Practice, effective June 20, 2016. Ricki Chase comes to Lachman Consultants after an impressive 16-year career, culminating as Director, Investigations Branch at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration where she was responsible for all operations of […]

On June 6-8 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel, ISPE will be hosting the 4th annual Quality Manufacturing Conference, in collaboration with FDA and PQRI. Lachman Consultants is the sponsor of the Welcome Reception as well as the conference badges. In addition, we will be exhibiting in the hall at table 3. Please stop by […]

Whether we embrace it or not, the Data and Application economy is upon us. Every business is, in some respects, a digital business, and in the digital realm things change FAST. The term ‘cloud’ as a technology concept has been in use since at least 1971, but even as recently as 2009 companies like IBM […]

Every business faces risk. Broadly speaking, the primary categories of business risk are Market, Financial, Execution, and Regulatory. Successful companies have developed a core competency in managing for these risks, turning risk management into a sustainable competitive advantage. For drug manufacturers, recent trends have underscored the importance of managing Regulatory risk in order to remain […]

On April 25, Terri Nataline and Fran Zipp participated in a summit focusing on global strategies for Indian pharmaceutical companies, the Annual Global Pharma Regulatory Summit, in Mumbai, India. This summit brings together global regulators who shared their knowledge about complying with international regulatory guidelines for manufacturing and exporting pharmaceuticals. Terri Nataline, Principal Consultant, presented […]

On April 21, President and CEO of Lachman Consultants Fran Zipp gave a presentation at the 6th Annual Generic International Summit (GIS) in Shanghai, China. Her talk, “Data Integrity and Quality Culture” was part of a session on “Consistency Evaluation and Formulation”. She discussed the history of Application Integrity Policy (AIP), recent trends in data […]

Lachman Consultants was the Business Exposition Sponsor at the Generic Pharmaceutical Association Annual Meeting in Orlando, held February 22-24, 2016. If we didn’t see you there, we hope to see you at our booth there next year!

From March 14-15, LCS hosted a booth at the PDA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. The meeting was attended by over 850 pharmaceutical professionals, representing both industry and regulators.  Linda Evans O’Connor, Director, and Michele Sinoway, Senior Manager, met with many potential clients and FDA representatives, and are sure this will be a very […]

On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, our President and CEO Fran Zipp and Senior Associate Terri Nataline presented in a forum entitled “GDUFA II and GMP API Inspection Trends: The Business Impact of Upcoming Regulatory Changes” at DCAT Week. DCAT Week is the premier business development event for companies engaged in pharmaceutical development and manufacturing and […]