The PQG Guide to Supply Chain Risk Management for the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industries and their Suppliers

Threats to the supply chain feature in the top ten risks of most companies.  Globalisation and the quest for ever more cost effective means of supply has greatly increased the complexity of the supply chain which can often reduce both the knowledge and understanding of the exposure to risk. Within the context of globalisation, outsourcing and complex supply chains, there is an increasing emphasis on controls around product quality assurance and security of supply.  
To help organisations and their suppliers adopt a common approach to risk management, the CQI’s Pharmaceutical Quality Group has developed a free downloadable, interactive PDF guide. The guide is based upon the quality risk management model defined by the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH Q9).

Members of the Guide development team and the Steering Commitee

The objective of the PQG guide is to help reduce supply chain risk through application of the principles and tools of risk management.  It emphasises the need for pharmaceutical and medical device industries to apply risk management when making sourcing decisions and should help suppliers understand regulatory requirements and expectations of the industries concerned. The guide promotes the use of risk management as a tool to understand customer needs and identify potential hazards that may exist within the supply chain.

The new Guide is now available in a user-friendly electronic pdf format by clicking on the link below.
Until the new PQG web site is ready (hopefully in mid 2010), this link will take you to a page of the Chartered Quality Institute Website from which you can download the guide free of charge. It will ask you to give your name and and e-mail address so that we can contact you later on to ask your opinion of the Guide.

Go to CQI site to download guide

PQG Members can also download the presentations made at the Launch meeting for the Guide in London on February 23rd, 2010 by clicking on this link (You will need to log on to the Membership section before clicking the Link.)

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