The batch of 69 PSGs includes:
- 26 new and 43 revised PSGs.
- PSGs for generic products for important treatments for diseases such as: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Leukemia, Opioid Use Disorder, Post-Partum Depression. Read details about the guidances here.
This requires pharmaceuticals and allied organizations to keep pace and revisit their Kaizen strategies around the products impacted (if at all) by the above regulatory changes.
By the way, are you employing Kaizen at your workplace? Because now more than ever, pharmaceutical companies must implement appropriate business improvement methodologies as they drive thru the Covid-19 situation and its aftermath. |
Kaizen has its origins in Japan and is one of the most promising business improvement tool for pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech companies. It can be implemented in innovator as well as generic pharma set ups.
Moreover, Kaizen works equally well with at-site and remote operations.
Kaizen involves making small improvements at all levels within a product’s lifecycle. These incremental changes then bring-on exponential benefits such as-
- Good quality affordable medicines.
- Lower operational costs.
- Error-free processes.
- Increased safety, productivity.
- High speed product development and
- First-to-file.
Kaizen is based on cooperation and commitment (vis-à-vis radical or top-down changes) where employees at all levels of a company work together proactively to achieve regular, incremental improvements. Kaizen thus combines the collective talents within a company to create a powerful engine for continuous business growth.
To learn more on how Kaizen can help your organization successfully drive thru the rough patch posed due to Covid-19 check here.
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