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Edinburgh International Conference Centre
29th-31st October 2008
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The Highland Banquet and Ball is now fully booked. The full package delegate fees have now been reduced accordingly.
Please note: The Sheraton Hotel has very low room allocation, Point Hotel is now only available on the nights of the 26th and 27th October 2008 and the Radisson SAS is fully booked.
Registered Quality Assurance Professional in Good Laboratory Practices and Good Clinical Practices
Special RQAP exam to be held in Edinburgh at the 2nd Global QA Conference. Sponsored by the Society of Quality Assurance (SQA)
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Annual Report Please Click Here for Nomination Papers (closing date 28th August 2008)Nominations for Election to the Board
BARQA 2008 Award for Extended, Outstanding Service to the Association
First Prize £1,500 BARQA credit
Second Prize £1,000 BARQA credit
Third Prize £500 BARQA creditWe are pleased to announce the launch of the annual BARQA Premier Article competition.
An annual competition for all you budding authors out there.
So get creative and send us your article
Open to all members and non-members articles should be fresh, forward thinking and thought provoking and relate to quality issues.
Please forward your article to premierArticles@barqa.com
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Quality Risk Management
This booklet has been produced by the Quality Risk Management Working Party.
With changes in the regulatory environment, a focus on quality and fact-based decision making, it has become increasingly evident that quality risk management is an essential part of an effective quality system.
This book's objective is to provide guidance in understanding quality risk management and to provide some practical examples of how this can be applied in different business areas and to a variety of processes.
MSc in Quality Management in Scientific Research and Development
If you are interested in the new BARQA/Cranfield University MSc in Quality Management in Scientific Research and Development click here
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Scheme for Auditors
Click on one of the BARQA Committees below to find out all the information you need from these Committees. Regulatory updates, tools, feedback, discussion forums for members etc.
Good Pharmacovigilance Practice
These pages are constantly being updated by the Committees
The 2009 Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowships
Each year the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust offers opportunities for British Citizens to travel overseas to undertake projects related to their trade, profession or particular interest. Thus, they widen their experience, make contacts abroad and bring back knowledge to the UK to the benefit of their work, their community and the UK as a whole.
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Links to MHRA web pages
Clinical Trials Helpline Email address
There is also a Clinical Trials FAQ page
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