Key SOPs for Clinical Trials

Darshan Kulkarni highlights that to stay compliant with the FDA, companies don’t need an exhaustive set of SOPs—just the essential ones. Inspectors primarily focus on SOPs covering informed consent, adverse event reporting, drug/device accountability, source documentation, PI oversight, protocol deviations, and record retention. He emphasizes keeping SOPs concise, practical, and enforceable, training staff consistently, and expanding them only as operational needs grow.