3rd Edition

Pharmaceutical Computer Systems Validation Volume 1 - Quality Assurance, Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance

Edited By Guy Wingate Copyright 2026
528 Pages 1 Color & 122 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

528 Pages 1 Color & 122 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Computerized systems play a fundamental role in the development, manufacture and supply of medical treatments. This is the third and thoroughly updated edition of the best-selling book dealing with validation, compliance and software in the pharmaceutical, healthcare and medical device industries. The first volume provides a comprehensive walk-through of lifecycle and development methodologies... Read more

Foreword
Preface
About The Editor
Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Organization and Management

Chapter 3 Lifecycle Methodologies & Supporting Processes

Chapter 4 Prospective Verification and Validation

Chapter 5 Project Initiation and Compliance Determination

Chapter 6 Requirements Capture and Supplier (Vendor) Selection

Chapter 7 Design and Development

Chapter 8 Coding, Configuration, and Build

Chapter 9 Development Testing

Chapter 10 User Qualification and Authorization to Use

Chapter 11 Operation and Maintenance

Chapter 12 Phaseout and Withdrawal

Chapter 13 Data Integrity

Chapter 14 Regulated Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures

Chapter 15 Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Chapter 16 Regulatory Inspections

Chapter 17 Compliance Strategies

Chapter 18 Capabilities, Measures, and Performance

Chapter 19 Practical Troubleshooting

Chapter 20 Concluding Remarks

Glossary
Index

Biography

Guy Wingate, PhD, was Vice President & Compliance Officer and before that Director Global Computer Validation at GlaxoSmithKline until his recent retirement. A well‑known speaker on computer validation, he has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Manchester’s M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Engineering Advanced Training program and the Dublin Institute of Technology’s accredited M.Sc. in Validation Science program. He is an active member of the ISPE and served as Chair of the GAMP Council for 10 years, which is responsible for the internationally recognized suite of GAMP® Guides on computer compliance. Guy led the teams who produced the original GAMP®5 Guide: A Risk Based Approach to Compliant GxP Computerized Systems and the GAMP® Good Practice Guide: A Risk-Based Approach to Compliant Electronic Records and Signatures. His extensive list of published work also includes the books Validating Automated Manufacturing and Laboratory Applications, Validating Corporate Computer Systems and previous editions of this book Pharmaceutical Computer Systems Validation.