Almost everyone involved in manufacturing within FDA-regulated industry has at one point or another carried a pocket reference to the FDA GMPs for their regulated products, i.e., 21 CFR 211, 21 CFR 820, 21 CFR 110, etc.  However, trying to find what you are looking for within the complicated regulations can be like finding a needle in a haystack.   Further, who wants to carry around a paper book just to check your regulations on the rare occasion that you need to.

Well now you don’t have to.   You can now have a fully searchable, indexed, easy-to-read version of the GMPs in your pocket on your iPhone or iPad!

On Monday, June 21, 2010 Apple released the iPhone OS4.    This update to the Apple iPhone operating system added great new features such as multitasking, folders and more.    Also, along with this release, Apple released a great new application for the iPhone:   iBooks!

From the Apple website: “More than a great eBook reader,  iBooks is also an amazing place to  browse and shop for books, day or night.”

In a blog post from 2010, I advised how to get free FDA GMP/QSR eBooks for the iPhone.   Although I thought that the instructions were pretty easy, with IOS4 and iBooks, the process of getting these is even easier! So, follow the instructions below, and check out the following FDA GMP/QSReBooks.    iBooks makes them look and function even better!

Let’s get started:

First, in you haven’t already done so, update your iPhone OS to IOS4.    This update has been available for some time through iTunes for iPhone 3G and 3GS phones and comes standard on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.    Next, download iBooks, which is  a free download, from iTunes or directly from your iPhone or iPad  using the App Store Icon.

Second, to download each individual eBook, right-click on each of the following book icons.   Select “Save Link As,”  and save the files, one by one, to a convenient location on your computer.    They take up very little space.   The file extension will be ” .EPUB ”

Third, launch iTunes.   Under the “Library” section of iTunes, click on the “Books” tab.    Using Windows File Manager, locate the .EPUB files in step two, and drag and drop them to the file list on the  “Books” tab.     Then, sync your computer with your iPhone and the new books will be installed as eBooks in iBooks.

Come back and get the next one when you want / need.   It’s that simple!

 

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