Company A produces liquid Product A and Product B and crystalline Product B which are sold as
USP grade products. Therefore, the purpose of the audit was to ascertain the degree of compliance
to International Pharmaceutical Excipient Council (IPEC:PQG) Good Manufacturing Practices for
Pharmaceutical Excipients in the manufacture, handling, storage and testing of these products. The
scope of the audit encompassed raw material receipt to initial finished product distribution at a
contracted off-site warehouse owned and operated by Warehouse Company X. The assessment
included review of procedures, records, and quality control systems established for these
operations. This summary indicates the auditor’s judgment as to the extent of Company A’s
compliance with the guidance set forth in the IPEC:PQG GMPs and opportunities for improvement.