My Auditing Journey

In this latest episode of My QP Journey, Carol Felgar joins host Peter Deegan to share her full journey to becoming a Qualified Person, from early doubts to eventual success.   Along the way, Carol reflects on:   How the thought of the Viva almost knocked her off course The critical role building a network of trusted colleagues, mentors and a support system The shift in mindset from QA to QP and a...

Six years ago Ben and our host Peter Deegan had an informal chat over coffee about the benefits and challenges of becoming a QP. After many eventful years Ben and Peter come together again to discuss Ben’s journey to Viva success.   In this episode, Ben and Peter touch on:   - Juggling family life with the demands of study   - The importance of a strong network for support   - Knowing your weaknes...

This week, Peter Deegan sits down with newly qualified QP Mike Hadebe, who shares his inspiring path from NHS pharmacist to QA specialist and ultimately to QP success. In this episode, Mike opens up about: - How he built a support network of QPs to learn from diverse experiences - The value his clinical background brought to the QP application process - Why staying sharp on regulatory changes is e...

After learning about the responsibilities of a QP and attending an introductory training module from RSSL, Rebeca Bruzzichessi decided that the role of a Qualified Person was a privilege she wanted to shoulder. In our latest episode of My QP Journey, host Peter Deegan dives into Rebeca’s journey through her training and all the way to recently passing her viva. From setting up support networks to...

In the latest episode of My QP Journey, Gurpreet Birch shares with host Peter Deegan how after exploring various roles that left her feeling unsatisfied, she found her true calling as a Qualified Person (QP). After self funding her initial training with RSSL, she focused on making strategic career moves that offered the widest diversity of experience - experience vital for constructing a strong QP...

We're back with a brand new series in our Conversations on the Pharmaceutical Industry podcast, this time diving deep into the experiences of Qualified Persons (QPs)!   In the first episode, Peter is joined by Blair McKay, a newly qualified RSSL QP course alumni. Blair’s journey to becoming a QP is particularly unique, having started just as the global pandemic began.   In this episode, Blair shar...

As pharmaceutical supply chains diversify auditors are regularly faced with new and unconventional challenges. How would you approach auditing a rural snake farm providing key materials that will potentially save patient lives? With 25 years of pharmaceutical experience across all stages of development and manufacturing, Tracy Sienko has faced every kind of challenge giving her the opportunity to...

For our latest My Auditing Journey episode, our host Peter Deegan chats with RSSL Lead Auditor course alumni Sam Huff.   Despite the fact Sam is early in his career, he has already accumulated an impressive amount of experience - and not all of it has been straightforward! Peter and Sam dive in to some of the tricky situations that Sam has found himself in and how these experiences have made him a...

This week we are joined by Wheeler Bio's Chief Quality and Regulatory Officer Marc Helouin!   To say Marc has had a varied career would be an understatement. A trained Pharmaceutical Auditor with 25 years of Biopharma experience under his belt including Corporate Head of Audit (R&D) for AstraZeneca and leadership roles at other major pharma companies, Marc has been involved with domains rangin...

Today we are joined by RSSL Head of Quality Peter Rooney! Starting in analytical chemistry, Peter's career has led him from running a contract lab to becoming a senior manager at UKAS, assessing against many different standards at labs large and small around the world before becoming the one responsible for getting RSSL into audit ready shape.   The two Peters drill down into what auditors want to...

This week Peter sits down with seasoned quality professional Clive Brading to discuss the insights he has gleaned across his varied career, culminating in leading a 50 strong auditing team for a global pharmaceutical company.   Having years of experience organising and performing pharmaceutical audits Clive has been involved in his fair share of Pharmaceutical Audit Programmes. From planning how t...

As a former Expert Lead of the MHRA GDP inspection team and with the wealth of 32 years of regulatory experience behind him, Tony Orme knows a thing or two about how the MHRA audit and the training that every MHRA inspector must complete.   Across his years leading the most high profile and complex inspections, Tony has been involved in the development of almost all important UK GDP policies and s...

For our third episode Peter is joined by Lead Auditor Tutor and Practitioner Sue Mann.   Sue has had a wide and varied career spanning many different companies and even continents. Starting as graduate pharmacist and swiftly progressing through to senior leadership roles in major pharma and consultancy, Sue has conducted countless audits in her career and openly shares her experiences in this expa...

For his second episode in this series of conversations Peter is joined by highly experienced Qualified Person Graham Saunders to share insights he has gleaned across his rich and varied career.   Graham has worked within some of the biggest Pharma companies around, covering commercial, IMP GMP's and API's. His auditing experience is equally as impressive, conducting audits all across the world wit...

For the first episode in our brand new series we are joined by RSSL Lead Auditing Tutor Adam Slater. Adam is a highly experienced auditor, with over 30 years experience in the Pharmaceutical GMP sector. His broad portfolio of auditing scopes and extensive work contract manufacturing, worldwide managing quality improvement programmes, improvement audits and compliance audits mean that Peter and Ada...