We've updated our Privacy Policy to make it clearer how we use your personal data. We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. You can read our Cookie Policy here.

Advertisement

Diagnostics

Diagnostics

Stay up to date on the topics that matter to you

A picture of Bob McDowall, PhD

Bob McDowall, PhD profile page

Director

at R D McDowall Limited

Bob is an analytical chemist with over 50 years’ experience, including 15 years working in the pharmaceutical industry and over 30 years working for the industry as a consultant. Bob has been involved with process redesign, specifying and implementing laboratory informatics solutions for over 40 years and has nearly 35 years’ experience of computerized system validation in regulated GXP environments. Bob is also a trained auditor. He has run training courses on computerized system validation, digitalization, LIMS, instrument qualification, data integrity and auditing since 1988.

Education

London Hospital Medical College

Awards & Certifications

1997 LIMS Award from the LIMS Institute (Pittsburgh, USA)

Accreditations

Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) recognised by Royal Society of Chemistry

Chartered Chemist (CChem)

Chartered Scientist (CSci)

Got a Question for Bob McDowall, PhD?

Get in touch using the contact form linked here and we’ll get back to you shortly

Published Content

Total: 16

Symbols relating to compliance on a blue background

Top Ten Tips for Data Compliance

Data compliance is everybody’s job, a fact that must be reinforced by management throughout the organization. Download this guide to explore ten top tips to achieve data compliance.

Various icons relating to data floating in front of a keyboard

Data Reporting: Connecting the Islands of Automation

In this article, we explore ways analytical scientists can improve their data reporting and sharing practices, leading to improvements in data integrity and regulatory compliance.

Data Integrity Risks

How To Reduce Data Integrity Risk

The aim of this guide is to provide practical advice on how to reduce data integrity risk and ensure GxP compliance. Learn from those in the industry who have failed to comply with data integrity regulations and who have been on the receiving end of an FDA inspection.

A system notification with the words "Software update required." and an "Update Now" button.

How To Future-Proof Your LIMS: Handling Software Updates

Download this guide to explore types of LIMS upgrades, on-premises installation and SaaS installation.

A globe surrounded by zeroes and ones to represent data

Data Reporting, Integrity and Compliance

In this article, we examine how analytical scientists can enhance their data sharing and reporting practices, leading to improvements in data integrity and an easier route to compliance within a regulated good manufacturing practice (GMP) environment.

How To Ensure Data Integrity content piece image

How To Ensure Data Integrity

Download this guide to discover how data integrity is fundamental to quality assurance, process development and production, and analytical development and quality control.

How To Future Proof Your Laboratory Informatics Environment content piece image

How To Future Proof Your Laboratory Informatics Environment

Download this guide to learn more about laboratory automation strategies, informatics components and key considerations, and process improvement for effective informatics implementation.

Achieving Data Compliance: What Not To Do content piece image

Achieving Data Compliance: What Not To Do

Download this guide to learn how to avoid remediations for citations such as loss of electronic records, uncontrolled and unvalidated spreadsheets and conflict of interest.

The Latest Regulatory Guidance for Data Integrity and Regulatory Compliance content piece image

The Latest Regulatory Guidance for Data Integrity and Regulatory Compliance

Owing to widespread data falsification and poor data management practices, data integrity and compliance with good manufacturing practice (GMP) regulations are currently a major topic in the pharmaceutical industry. To aid our understanding of data integrity concerns, regulatory authorities have issued guidance documents on the topic. This article will give an overview of this guidance and review specific requirements for computerized systems.

Digitization for Data Integrity and Regulatory Compliance content piece image

Digitization for Data Integrity and Regulatory Compliance

This article will explore how the move to digitize laboratory processes promises to make data integrity and compliance, an essential goal for regulated laboratories, an easier task.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Decoratvive background images

Never miss a story

with the Breaking Science News daily newsletter