IPN - Instituto Pedro Nunes - IPN promotes training on Good Manufacturing Practices for Medicinal Products (Human use and Veterinary use)

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On 5 and 6 June 2025, Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) will host the 1st edition of the ‘Good Manufacturing Practices for Medicinal Products (Human use and Veterinary use)’ training course, an initiative especially aimed at professionals in the pharmaceutical industry who want to deepen or update their knowledge in this critical area for guaranteeing the quality and safety of medicines.

With a total duration of 16 hours, on a face-to-face basis, the main aim of this training is to ensure that all professionals involved in the process of manufacturing medicines understand and apply Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP/GMP), ensuring the quality and safety of pharmaceutical products, from their production to their release onto the market.

Aimed at managers, technical directors, production managers, recent graduates in Pharmaceutical Sciences, laboratory technicians and other professionals in the sector, this training offers a practical and up-to-date approach to the regulatory framework, quality systems and risk management in line with European requirements.

What you will learn:

• Know the most important regulations applicable to the manufacture of medicines;
• Understand how to implement the concepts and elements of a Pharmaceutical Quality Management System, based on GMP/GMP, and how to evidence them in the context of quality audits;
• Contextualise and become familiar with the technical terms in the context of GMP/GMP's for medicines;
• Ensure that trainees understand the importance of maintaining high quality standards throughout the life cycle of the medicine, with a focus on the manufacturing phase for commercialisation;
• Understand the interconnection between the basic concepts of GMP/GMP and their application in the manufacture of different pharmaceutical forms;
• Know the fundamental elements of a pharmaceutical Quality Management System in accordance with the principles of ICH Q10;
• Understand the concepts of Quality Risk Management within the scope of GMP/GMP in accordance with the ICH Q9 guideline;

The training will be led by Teresa Cruz, she has a specialist title in the Pharmaceutical Industry granted by the Order of Pharmacists, with extensive experience in Technical and Quality Management in companies such as J&J, Abbott, ABBVIE, among others, and currently a consultant at MTA PHARMA and trainer in Quality Assurance Systems in the area of Pharmaceutical Distribution, manufacture of medicines, food supplements, medical devices, experimental medicines and importation of medicines for human use from third countries.

Registration is open until 3 June 2025 here, with a 15% discount for companies incubated at IPN and 5% for two or more registrations from the same company (discounts cannot be accumulated). Until 16 May, registration can be done for EUR 590 + VAT, rising to EUR 690 + VAT after that date.

IPN is a DGERT-certified organisation, which guarantees that participants will receive a professional training certificate at the end of the course.

For more information, contact formacao@ipn.pt or consult the PDF with the full training programme.