SMARTRISK

Helping you reduce risk whilst maintaining compliance

SMARTRISK is a next generation risk assessment tool developed to assist companies with the correct implementation of the EU Guidelines of 19 March 2015 on the formalized risk assessment for ascertaining the appropriate good manufacturing practice for excipients of medicinal products for human use.

The intent of the tool is to assist MA Holders with the correct implementation and execution of a Formal Risk Assessment that is in compliance with the intent and purpose outlined in the EU guidance document.

This is the first Risk Assessment Tool (or module) that has been developed as part of SMARTRISK. Further tools have been developed and will be added as future available modules on the SMARTRISK platform.

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Features

Compliance: Ensures compliance awareness with the EU Guidance through incorporation of the guidelines into the structure of the Risk Assessment tool
Guidance: Ensures that the MAH performing the Excipient Risk Assessment assesses the GMP controls that they need for the excipient and then performs a gap analysis against their current or proposed suppliers
Security: Provides data security for the Excipient Risk Assessment through audit trail, controlled access and revision control
Risk Mitigation: Identifies level of risk which enables the MAH to take action to control the level of risk where required to ensure mitigation of the risk and GMP compliance of their excipients
Objective Assessment: Standardizes the scoring applied to each parameter using clear and concise definitions to minimize subjective scoring, reducing bias and encouraging an objective assessment of risk
Reporting: Provides reporting by excipient or a summary of all excipients in the risk assessment

Benefits

User Friendly: Interfaces with the company’s ERP system to upload existing excipients and formulations. It is user-friendly and requires no additional knowledge about IT systems
Stability: Built on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, there is no dependency on third-party software thus reducing the risk of error with Microsoft’s high service level agreements (99.9% uptime guarantee)
Availability – Securely accessible from any internet enabled location / device without the need for any specific software
Usability – Redeveloped interface focused on performance and optimized user journeys, reducing effort required to enter, maintain and assess data, with all information about excipients and formulations captured in one database
Control – improved audit trail functionality and visibility

PharmaLex expert Kate Coleman explains what SMARTRISK actually is

Kate is a Quality professional with 18 years experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry across several platforms including Biologics, Sterile Fill Finish, High Potency oncology and Solid Oral Dose products. Kate is an SME in Quality Risk Management and works with her clients to deliver and remediate QRM programs providing efficiency and clarity across the product lifecycle.
In the video, Kate explains the most important information about SMARTRISK and gives an impressive overview of the next generation risk assessment tool.