Events / Webinar

Always Inspection-Ready: Mastering FDA Inspection Preparation and Response

August 19, 2025
Virtual
8 a.m. PT, 11 a.m. ET

With the FDA increasing unannounced and remote inspections, continuous inspection readiness is more important than ever. This webinar offers a focused look at preparing your facility, emphasizing internal audits and structured readiness strategies to support sustained compliance. We’ll explore best practices for front-room and back-room coordination, team roles, and engaging with FDA investigators.

Learn how to ensure your quality system records—including investigations, CAPAs, and contamination controls—can withstand regulatory scrutiny. Attendees will also gain insights into data integrity and alignment with current FDA guidance, such as policies on delaying or limiting inspections. We’ll outline how to effectively manage and respond to Form 483s and warning letters, with emphasis on strong corrective action planning and communication.

Whether preparing for a pre-approval, pre-license, or routine GMP inspection, this session provides practical tools to help regulatory and quality teams maintain a state of readiness and reduce inspection-related risk.

In this webinar you will learn:

  • Learn how to prepare your facility, teams, and documentation to meet FDA expectations during inspections from ex FDA investigators
  • Understand how to manage unannounced and remote inspections and respond effectively to 483s and warning letters
  • Gain practical strategies for internal audits, contamination control, and aligning with current FDA guidance

Presenters

Anita Michael

Executive Principal Consultant, Pharma Compliance

Anita Michael has over 25 years of global pharmaceutical regulatory and quality experience. She spent 16+ years at the U.S. FDA as a Global Pharmaceutical Expert, leading nearly 300 inspections worldwide across biotech, sterile manufacturing, drug substance, and OTC product lines. Anita has held executive and director-level roles in Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, and Validation. She is a recognized industry leader in GMP inspection readiness, FDA response strategy, and modern quality system design, and has been a keynote speaker at numerous global conferences. Her contributions have earned her multiple awards from both the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry.

Steven J. Lynn, MS

Executive Principal Consultant, Pharma and Biologics

Steve has over twenty (20) years of quality and regulatory compliance-related experience in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device, blood, plasma, and tissue industries. He is an expert in Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) compliance-related matters and has significant experience with other GxP quality compliance and regulatory issues. Steve served in executive leadership roles with global accountability in both the private sector, as well as at the US FDA. In the private sector, Steve was an executive at two large multi-national corporations and also worked as a consultant for multiple large, mid-sized, and small clients.

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