ParenteralDrugAssociationPointstoConsider□□□□□□□□□ElementsofaCodeofConductforDataIntegrity□□□□□□□□□□□Introduction□□DataIntegrityhasbeenandcurrentlyisamajorglobalconcernofHealthAuthoritiesandthepharmaceuticalindustry
Althoughnotanewissue,numerousrecentHealthAuthorityenforcementactionssuchasWarningLetters,ImportAlerts,ProductDetentions,andsuspensionorrevocationofMarketingAuthorizationshasfocusedattentiononDataIntegrity
DataIntegritycanresultfromlackofawarenessofregulatoryrequirements,employeeerrors,failuretocheckaccuracyofdata,softwareorsystemmalfunction,orconfigurationproblemswithelectronicdatahandling,ormalfeasancebyemployees
ToholisticallyaddressDataIntegrity,theParenteralDrugAssociation(PDA)isdevelopingasetoftoolsintheformofPDATechnicalReports,PDATrainingProgram,DataIntegrityWorkshops,an