Chris Reid is CEO of Integrity. Chris started his career as an automation engineer, providing software solutions to the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. For the past 30+ years, Chris has provided IT program governance and IT quality solutions to global regulated companies. Chris is a former ISPE Board Member, ISPE GAMP Global Chair and currently holds positions on the ISPE Foundation Board and GAMP Global Steering Committee.
IT Infrastructure is a broad term that encompasses both the platforms upon which business applications run, as well as the services that keep these platforms and applications running. Figure 1 below shows this landscape.
This article focuses on pragmatic quality- and risk-based approaches to IT infrastructure. It covers recommendations made by a US FDA/industry team linked to the US FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Case for Quality initiative1