Learning Objectives:

Upon completing of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand the legal requirements and health authority expectations for a risk based audit program and current interpretation. Plan, develop and implement the PV Audit Strategy Plan, which includes the following processes:
  • Develop a high-level PV audit strategy
  • Identify the PV activities and processes subject to PV audit
  • Develop risk assessment criteria
  • Identify the PV audit universe – entities subject to PV audit
  • Categorize the entities subject to PV audit
  • Perform risk assessments
  • Prioritize entities for audit according to relative risk
  • Prepare a 3-5 year PV audit plan
• Identify procedures/tools to monitor PV quality of third parties
  

  Who will Benefit:

  This course is designed for people with some PV experience and tasked with developing, maintaining, updating and/or reviewing the PV quality system audit strategy plan, risk assessment and/or the annual PV audit schedules. It is also beneficial for staff responsible for the quality oversight of third parties conducting PV activities.

  The following personnel will benefit from the course:

  • PV Quality Assurance Staff
  • PV Compliance professionals
  • Quality auditors
  • Pharmacovigilance Auditors
  • Relevant Pharmacovigilance Staff
  • PV Service Provider Relationship Managers
  • MAH Affiliates responsible for Pharmacovigilance