Thomas Peither

Today, business development is at the center of his activities for the publishing house: establishing international contacts and sales partnerships as well as developing new products and services. He also reports on international congresses and is responsible for marketing. Since 2008, Thomas has also headed GMP Publishing Peither, Inc. with an office in Washington DC.

As an engineer with a diploma from the Technical University Munich, Thomas has a broad knowledge to implement quality management processes and has gained experience in other branches, too.

He worked in different positions in the field of GMP and has a deep knowledge and understanding of national and international GMP regulations which enables him to make interpretations for the commercial medicinal drug manufacturing. Thomas Peither is globally connected in the branch with industry, associations and regulatory bodies. He led a lot of large projects in well-known pharmaceutical companies.

He is speaker at national and international events and is an engaged and longterm member of national and international associations (VDI, PDA, ISPE). Beyond this, he holds lectures at Universities.

He is author or co-author of the following chapters of GMP Compliance Adviser:

• 0.D Remote audits and inspections
• 4.A Facility Planning
• 6.C Qualification documentation
• 6.D Design Qualification (DQ)
• 6.E Installation Qualification (IQ)
• 6.F Operational Qualification (OQ)
• 6.G Performance Qualification (PQ)
• 21.D Preparing for FDA GMP inspections