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Peter Broomes Joins ICQ as North East Regional Director

Peter Broomes, an accomplished operations manager, process engineer and project engineer with over seventeen years of experience in the biopharmaceutical sector, has joined Integrated Commissioning & Qualification Corp. (ICQ) as its North East Regional Director. In this new senior management position, Peter will oversee ICQ client relationships, resource deployment, team recruitment and business development efforts […]

Industry 4.0 and the Manufacturing Facilities of Tomorrow

On May 16, I attended the ISPE event Pharma 4.0: The Next Industrial Revolution in Manufacturing for Automation, Controls, and Decision Making. Technology is advancing at an ever-increasing pace, and it can be difficult to keep up with the newest innovations. One of the major advances in recent years is called the Internet of Things, or IoT. IoT […]

Validation 101: System Requirements

Why are requirements and specifications needed in validation? Validation is testing a system to standards or acceptable criteria. If your own requirements are not in place, then you will end up validating a system to someone else’s standards. There are thousands of features and conditions to consider and considering them beforehand allows your company to […]

ICQ Consultants is Re-Branding

We are very excited to announce the launch of our newly designed website.  The new interactive website has a bold, clean look as does our new ICQ logo. Our more user-friendly website interface and homepage layout provides current and prospective clients with useful information about our services and our company.  For our prospective future employees, our new […]

GMP and Product Development Phases

Thousands of biotech pharma companies are conducting excellent research for the development of novel medicines for existing and unmet needs. According to clinicaltrails.gov, there are at this time more than 115,000 clinical trials being conducted in the US alone with around 22,000 studies in pre or clinical phase 1, 29,000 in clinical phase 2 and […]

Statistical Process Control, Friend or Foe?

In my experience, I see a lot of companies using trend charts and statistics to get a view of their process, when what they are actually doing is avoiding looking at their processes and waving meaningless numbers around.  While this doesn’t seem to make sense, when I look at the misuse of the data, I […]

21 CFR Part 11 Compliance Summarized……..Simply

21 CFR part 11 can be summed up in three words: Verify, Audit, and Track with one guiding compass, honesty. Companies must be able to prove without a shadow of a doubt that any person taking any action within a system is who they say they are. Any action taken within a given environment cannot […]

ICQ Consultants is Hiring!

ICQ Consultants is hiring for multiple positions across the country.  Check out our Indeed Page and our GlassDoor Page and apply for one of our jobs to work for a great company today!  Use our Careers Page to apply for general consideration or any of our open positions and an  ICQ Recruiter will reach out […]

ICQ will be attending the 2018 ISPE Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference in CA

The 2018 ISPE Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference focuses on the quickly evolving science of biologics manufacturing for new modalities. From leveraging existing capacity with novel processes, to implementing new and emerging technologies, this conference will bring together experts and leaders to ensure the Biomanufacturing industry successfully prepares to manufacture these novel medicines to deliver on our promise of […]