Attracting great talent can be a hurdle for start-up companies. Life science entrepreneurs know that finding..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","entry"],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/www.uniconpharma.com\/webadmin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/unicon-2.jpg","acf":{"blogs_data":[{"acf_fc_layout":"title_and_paragraph","repeater_for_paragraph":[{"title":"","paragraph":"Attracting great talent can be a hurdle for start-up companies. Life science entrepreneurs know that finding and retaining top talent is crucial to the success of their fledgling company. Not only does the right talent help ensure that the work gets done properly, having top talent on your team is likely to generate approval from investors and board members and has the potential to assist you with obtaining future funding. In Part 1 of this series, we discussed that start-up life science companies need to have a position\/role. In Part 2, we\u2019ll discuss the importance of the applicant review process.\r\n\r\n"},{"title":"Applicant Review Process:","paragraph":"A clearly defined applicant review process provides a way for life science companies to demonstrate that they are meeting the regulatory expectation for ensuring that the talent that they bring on to the team is qualified to perform their role and meet the regulatory requirements.\r\n\r\n"},{"title":"Wait\u2026 there are regulatory considerations for hiring personnel?","paragraph":"Yes! There are regulatory considerations beyond those related to employment law.\r\n\r\n"},{"title":"","paragraph":"The Principles of ICH GCP, as defined in the ICH E6 guideline states:\r\n\r\n"},{"title":"","paragraph":"Each individual involved in conducting a trial should be qualified by education, training, and experience to perform his or her respective task(s). This statement applies to anyone who is going to be anyone \u201cinvolved\u201d in the development, execution or oversight of a clinical study.\r\n\r\n"},{"title":"","paragraph":"21 CRF 211.25 (part of the US GMP regulations) specifies \u201cPersonnel qualifications\u201d applicable to individuals engaged in the \u201cmanufacture, processing, packing, or holding of a drug product\u201d and to individuals supervising these activities. Specifically, personnel must have the education, training, and experience, or any combination thereof, to enable that person to perform the assigned functions\u201d.\r\n\r\n"},{"title":"What is the best way for my company to comply with these regulations?","paragraph":"