Audits

Using a risk-based compliance audit approach, Regulatory Compliance Associates (RCA) will help your company identify and correct deficiencies and choose solutions to determine readiness for inspection. We will work with your personnel to help get them ready for inspections. Every Regulatory Compliance Associates certified auditor follows a precise audit risk model. When it comes to internal control and audit planning, you’ll find that our audit services team of Experts is second to none.

 

Type of Audits

 

  • Business audit
  • Company audit
  • Compliance audit
  • External audit
  • Internal audit
  • Integrated audit
  • ISO audit
  • FDA audit
  • Forensic audit
  • Medical audit
  • Operational audit
  • Performance audit
  • Quality audit
  • Single audit
  • System audit
  • Virtual audit

 

RCA’s clients work with a certified auditor who can provide you with audit risk findings and an audit risk assessment after the project. Each certified internal auditor understands how to strategize with your audit committees and present evidence found through substantive procedures. Additionally, ASQ-CQA or RABQSA-certified auditors are available for the following:

 

  • Document Control Systems Implementation and Remediation
  • Supplier Audits
  • Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) Compliance Audits:
    • Manufacturing, Pilot Plant, Laboratory Facilities
  • Current Good Laboratory Practices (cGLP) Compliance Audits
  • Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
  • Regulatory Gap Analyses
  • Risk Assessment
  • Pre-Approval Audits
  • 21 CFR Part 11 Gap Analysis
  • Software Analysis
  • Combination Products
  • 503A and 503B Compounding
  • Development of Inspection Checklists
  • Quality System Compliance Audit
  • Internal Audits
  • Contract Manufacturer Audits
  • Supplier Audits
  • Virtual Audits

 

The RCA Advantage

 

Compliance gaps can sometimes blindside even the most prepared medical device companies during agency inspections. Teaming with Regulatory Compliance Associates® ensures you’ll be as prepared as possible to face scrutiny from regulatory bodies.

 

As an industry-leading risk assessment consultant, we offer a host of benefits you won’t find anywhere else:

 

  • Our staff are seasoned audit experts — many have decades of experience working with the FDA and preparing for FDA inspections. We offer these unique insights and in-depth knowledge to your business so that you know exactly how to plan for your inspection.
  • We not only have the knowledge and means to perform thorough audits, but we also have the processes in place to help you make sense of findings and manage the corrective action process.
  • Not only does our team monitor the little problems that regulatory agencies are likely to uncover, but we also take care of the big picture as we ensure the compliance of your overarching quality system.

 

About RCA’s Pharmaceutical Consulting Services 

 

Regulatory Compliance Associates (RCA) has helped thousands of pharmaceutical companies meet regulatory, compliance, quality assurance, and remediation challenges. With more than 20 years of experience with FDA, Health Canada, EU and global regulatory agencies worldwide, Regulatory Compliance Associates® offers leading pharmaceutical consultants. We’re one of the few pharma consulting companies that can help you navigate the challenges associated with industry regulations.

 

Our pharmaceutical consulting firm includes over 500 seasoned FDA, Health Canada & EU compliance consultants and regulatory affairs experts who understand industry complexities. It’s a pharma consultancy founded by regulatory compliance executives from the pharmaceutical industry. Every pharmaceutical industry consultant on the Regulatory Compliance Associates team knows the unique inner workings of the regulatory process. 

 

Client Solutions

 

Whether you’re in the product planning, development or pharmaceutical lifecycle management stage or need a remediation strategy for a compliance crisis, Regulatory Compliance Associates will guide you through every pharmaceutical consulting step of the regulatory process and create a customized approach depending on your product and your pharma company’s individual needs. Our regulatory compliance clients include:

 

  • Companies new to FDA, Health Canada or EU regulations and regulatory compliance
  • Start-up organizations with novel submissions to 510(k) submissions from multi-national corporations
  • Investment firms seeking private equity due diligence for pre-acquisition and post-deal research
  • Law firms seeking pharmaceutical consulting firm expertise in the remediation of warning letters, consent decrees, 483’s or import bans

 

Regulatory Affairs

 

Regulatory affairs is Regulatory Compliance Associates backbone. We exceed other pharma consulting companies with industry experts experienced in complexities of the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries. Our pharma consulting expertise spans all facets and levels of Regulatory Affairs, from Regulatory Support for New Products to Life Cycle Management, to other services like Outsourced Regulatory Affairs, Submissions, Training, and more.

 

As your partner, we can negotiate the potential assessment minefield of regulatory compliance services with insight, hindsight, and the clear advantage of our breadth and depth of knowledge and regulatory compliance consulting. We offer the following pharma consulting regulatory affairs services for pharmaceutical companies.

 

  • New Product Support
  • Product Lifecycle
  • Other Regulatory Services
  • Combination Products

 

Compliance Assurance

 

The regulations process surrounding pharmaceutical companies can be tricky for even the most experienced industry veteran to understand. Just one misstep could mean significant and lasting consequences for your business. At Regulatory Compliance Associates, we offer the pharma consulting experience and pharma consultants necessary to guide you through the quality compliance process.

 

  • Assessments
  • Audits
  • Regulatory Agency Response
  • Preparation and Training
  • Inspection Readiness
  • Data Integrity

 

Quality Assurance

 

Regulatory Compliance Associates Quality consulting includes assessments, strategy, implementations, staff augmentations, and identification of quality metrics to ensure continuous improvement. Our pharma consultants understand the strategic thinking needed to align your business needs and goals. Regulatory Compliance Associates quality assurance services include quality experts with experience spanning major corporations and start-ups. Our pharmaceutical consulting firm knows firsthand how to achieve, maintain, and improve quality, and we excel in transferring pharma consulting knowledge to your organization.

 

  • 21 CFR Part 11
  • Data Integrity
  • Manufacturing Support
  • Facility Support
  • Quality Metrics

 

Remediation Services 

 

Regulatory Compliance Associates has a proven remediation services approach to managing FDA Warning Letters, Consent Decrees, Remediation and other serious regulatory situations. Our pharma consultants know how to partner with executive, legal, and communication teams. Each RCA pharma consulting Expert will develop a response that will be accepted by the regulatory agency and be realistic to execute.

 

Regulatory Compliance Associates pharma regulatory consultants will develop a comprehensive proof book of documented evidence demonstrating the corrective action taken to remediate non-compliant issues. In addition, each Regulatory Compliance Associates pharma consulting Expert understands compliance enforcement. We’ll prepare a comprehensive pharma consulting strategy to assist in your remediation efforts, drive continuous improvement, and maintain regulatory compliance with the regulations.

 

  • Regulatory Action
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Regulatory Enforcement
  • Warning Letter
  • 483 Observation
  • Oversight Services
  • Risk Management Plan

 

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