Towards a Computational Approach for the Assessment of Compliance of ALCOA+ Principles in Pharma Industry

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 May 25:294:755-759. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220578.

Abstract

The pharmaceutical industry is a data-intensive environment and a heavily-regulated sector, where exhaustive audits and inspections are performed to ensure the safety of drugs. In this context, processing and evaluating the data generated in the manufacturing lines is a relevant challenge since it requires compliance with pharma regulations. This work combines data integrity metrics and blockchain technology to evaluate the compliance-degree of ALCOA+ principles among different levels of drug manufacturing data. We propose the DIALCOA tool, a software to assess the compliance-degree for each ALCOA+ principle, based on the assessment of data from manufacturing batch reports and its different levels of information.

Keywords: ALCOA+ compliance; Data integrity; pharma manufacturing industry.

MeSH terms

  • Blockchain*
  • Commerce
  • Drug Industry*
  • Technology