21 CFR Part 11 Compliance with Electronic Signatures

This webinar describes exactly what is required for compliance with Computer Software Assurance guidance, 21 CFR Part 11, and the European equivalent, Annex 11, for local and SaaS/Cloud-hosted applications.  It explains how to write a Data Privacy Statement for compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). What the regulations mean is described for all four primary compliance areas: SOPs, software features, infrastructure qualification, and validation. It gets you on the right track for using electronic records and signatures to greatly increase productivity and ensure compliance.

Learning Objectives:-

• Which data and systems are subject to Part 11 and Annex 11
• Impact of Electronic Systems…Clinical Investigations Q&A Guidance for Industry Oct 2024
• What the regulations mean, not just what they say
• Avoid 483 and Warning Letters
• Requirements for local, SaaS, and cloud hosting
• Understand the current industry standard software features for security, data transfer, audit trails, and electronic signatures
• How to use electronic signatures, ensure data integrity, and protect intellectual property
• SOPs required for the IT infrastructure
• Product features to look for when purchasing COTS software
• Reduce validation resources by using easy-to-understand fill-in-the-blank validation documents
• How to write a Data Privacy Statement.

Areas Covered:-

• What 21 CFR Part 11 means today
  • Purpose of Part 11
• What does Part 11 mean?
  • SOPs
  • System features
  • Infrastructure qualification
  • Validation
• Security standards
  • Roles
  • Usernames and passwords
  • Restrictions and logs
• Data transfer standards
  • Deleting data
  • Encryption
• Audit trail standards
  • Types of data
  • High risk systems
• Electronic approval standards
  • Electronic signatures
  • Single sign-on
  • Replacing paper with electronic forms
• Infrastructure qualification
  • How to document qualifications efficiently
• Validation
  • Software validation for vendors
  • Computer system validation for users
  • Fill-in-the-blank templates
  • Change control re-validation
• SaaS/Cloud hosting
  • Responsibilities for software vendor and hosting provider
  • Evaluation criteria
  • Hosting requirements
• SOPs
  • IT, QA, validation
  • Software development
• Annex 11
  • Comparison with Part 11
• EU GDPR
  • Data Privacy Statement.

Who Will Benefit:-

• GMP, GCP, GLP, regulatory professionals
• QA/QC
• IT
• Auditors
• Managers and directors
• Software vendors, hosting providers.