SGS Lab in Italy Earns cGMP Accreditation
SGS Life Science Services has been awarded cGMP accreditation from AIFA for its analytical laboratory in Livorno, Italy.
SGS Life Science Services has been awarded cGMP accreditation from AIFA (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco) for its new analytical laboratory, at its Livorno, Italy facility, the company’s first dedicated life science laboratory in Italy.
The new facility will focus on analytical quality control testing, IT compliance and validation, and complement the existing service offer at the Livorno site, which provides facilities qualification, calibration and validation services, and an analytical chemistry laboratory.
The 1085 sq m laboratory employs 25 staff, is ISO 9001 accredited, and completes the SGS Life Science Services offering for the Italian market, according to a company press statement. cGMP accreditation enables the Livorno GMP laboratory to demonstrate, on behalf of it clients, whether or not individual batches of raw materials, or of regulated product, are manufactured according to the highest quality standards.
Source: SGS Life Science Services
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