At discovery’s bottom line, important equipment may fail to operate according to required standards, potentially compromising the overall success. Due to the technology level of modern drug discovery, dangerous malfunctions will happen rather sooner than later.
Equipment qualification is a regular occurrence in facilities operating under GMP or GLP regulations. Many drug discovery units consider the concept to be far less attractive and tend to avoid qualification activities. Two very different views on the same topic – reliability and performance of technology.
Equipment is not everlasting. It may break down completely or it may perform below required standards. In case of a complete breakdown, the reaction is identical in regulated and non-regulated facilities – call the service. As far as tracking and detecting performance deficiencies is concerned, regulated and non-regulated facilities deal with the matter differently. The former run regular qualification activities, the latter argue why this would be a waste of time. A special view on the reliability of technology and one that can and will have an impact on Innovation Productivity.
At discovery’s bottom line, important equipment may fail to operate according to required standards, potentially compromising the overall success. Due to the technology level of modern drug discovery, dangerous malfunctions will happen rather sooner than later. Establishing feasible and manageable processes to detect those and to prevent disastrous impact is possible and should be considered a necessity, not a luxury.
