ARTICLES BY KEVIN WALL

  • How To Stop Fighting Quality Fires Using Quality Risk Management
    3/23/2020

    Do you like fighting quality fires? Do you enjoy generating meaningless metric reports that no one acts upon? Do you get the most from your quality risk management (QRM) program? This article provides three practical steps for integrating QRM into your quality system to ensure your organization stays on course.

  • 3 CMC Mistakes That Could Cost You Billions
    2/24/2020

    The end game for many small biotech startups is acquisition by Big Pharma. While CMC may not add zeros to the sales price, poorly documented development can remove them. These three due diligence keys can help preserve your company valuation.

  • Choosing A CDMO: If You Can’t Answer 'Yes' To These 3 Questions, Walk Away
    1/30/2020

    Choosing the right CDMO is the most important factor in the success of drug product and process development, particularly for small and virtual companies. To choose the right CDMO, you must look past the opening presentation, the facility walk-throughs, and even the compliance audit.

  • When Should Formal Quality By Design Documentation Begin?
    12/23/2019

    When is the best time to start quality by design (QbD)? This question is asked most frequently among many small firms. A better way to phrase it is: When should I formally document my QbD activities?

  • Debunking The Top 3 Myths About Quality By Design (QbD)
    11/8/2019

    Pharmaceutical QbD and quality risk management principles have become mainstays, but prevalent myths stymie adoption of the concepts. Dismantling those myths enables more companies to capitalize on the benefits of QbD.

Kevin-Wall

Kevin Wall

Kevin Wall is principal consultant and owner of Cincero Consulting. He has worked with five virtual pharmaceutical companies to move eight of their drug substance and drug product projects through development. He applies “fit for phase GMP” from Phase 1 to commercialization. Wall’s process for identifying critical quality attributes (CQAs) and critical process parameters (CPPs) forms the basis for the CMC section of the regulatory submission (ICH Q11). He led the Johnson & Johnson development and global deployment of quality by design (ICH Q8) and quality risk management (ICH Q9) in pharmaceutical development and operations. He helped define and deploy Janssen’s risk-based qualification and process validation systems (ICH Q7). You can contact Wall at 817-915-0822 or kevin.wall@cinceroconsulting.com, or visit his YouTube channel, cGMP Made Easy.