European Qualified Person (QP) Association passes 1000 Members Mark

As the European Qualified person (QP) Association announced, the organisation crossed the 1000 members mark in August – only two years after its foundation.

In July 2006 the European Compliance Academy’s (ECA) Advisory Board decided in its annual meeting to establish this new not for profit organisation to provide QPs in Europe with the support needed in this important quality management function and with a common strong voice. It also provides a platform for networking, allowing QPs to exchange experiences, discuss the latest regulatory requirements, to identify and address difficulties and challenges and to support a harmonised European approach.

The rapidly increasing number of members from across Europe and even beyond emphasised this new organisation’s high significance. Today, the more than 1000 members, associate members and guests from close to 40 countries impressively prove this vital importance. Also, the annual QP Forum the Association conducted only for the 2nd time last fall in Berlin, Germany, was already attended by more than 200 delegates from almost 30 countries. “Due to this great interest in our organisation, we decided to keep membership free of charge”, said Dr Bernd Renger, Chairman of the European QP Association and Director Quality Control at Vetter Pharma Fertigung in Germany. “We will also add further benefits like higher rebates for events, making membership even more attractive”, he added.

In addition to the increasing attention from industry the European QP Association also experiences more and more awareness from national and international regulatory authorities. In fall 2007 the European QP Association was invited to attend an EMEA Interest Group meeting, which allowed Richard Bonner and Dr Renger to represent the voice of QPs in Europe for the first time at this significant event.

Additionally to Dr Bernd Renger as chairman, the Association is led by four colleagues from the ECA Advisory Board and an additional industry professional: Martine Tratsaert, Belgium, Richard Bonner, and Dr Christopher Burgess, both UK, and John Taylor from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), UK, as well as Rudolf Völler from the GMP Inspectorate in Darmstadt, Germany.

The European QP Association wants to provide QPs in Europe with a platform allowing them to exchange their experience, discuss the latest regulatory requirements, to identify and address difficulties and challenges and to support a harmonised European approach.

European QP Association
C/o European Compliance Academy
P.O. Box 10 21 68
69011 Heidelberg, Germany
www.qp-association.eu
info@qp-association.eu

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