# \[e-drug\] Quality control of essential drugs (cont) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [October 14, 2000, 10:43pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-quality-control-of-essential-drugs-cont/9329 "2000-10-14T22:43:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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E-drug: Quality control of essential drugs (cont) --------------------------------------------- According to GMP, a pharmaceutical manufacturer should always have a quality control laboratory in place equipped to perform all necessary tests on every batch of manufactured products. This laboratory should be independent in the sense that the person legally responsible for drug quality should operate directly under the director. However, in all well functioning pharmaceutical systems in the world the importance of the role of independent governmental quality monitoring next to the quality control of the industry is beyond question. Thus, quality control performed in laboratories of the industry cannot function as a sole source for quality assurance. Moreover, the information obtained with drug analyses is often sensitive and should be treated as highly confidential. Therefore analyses of products not manufactured by a company should not be carried out within premises of this same company.This will certainly create appearance of independency, not to speak about the dangers of bribe. Margriet den Boer Pharmacist MSF Holland Margriet\_den\_Boer@amsterdam.msf.org -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.