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GMP & Quality

GMP, quality systems, controls and the decisions that make compliance work in practice.

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Marlous M. C. van der Hooft · 29 Sep 2026

What GMP Really Requires – From Compliance to Performance

Compliance creates essential boundaries. Performance depends on whether people can actually rely on the system when information is incomplete, priorities compete or something goes wrong.

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Marlous M. C. van der Hooft · 2025-06-18

The Montesquieu Triangle of Powers in GMP – Part II: The Rulers

Formal independence is not enough if leadership makes challenge costly. The practical balance of power is revealed by what happens when disagreement becomes inconvenient.

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Marlous M. C. van der Hooft · 2025-06-06

Montesquieu in the Cleanroom

A GMP organisation needs different functions to see and challenge different parts of the system without turning those differences into competing kingdoms.

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Marlous M. C. van der Hooft · 17 Sep 2026

Do we still know why this control exists?

Controls can outlive the reason they were created. This reflection asks whether purpose, ownership and verification are still visible.

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Marlous M. C. van der Hooft · 10 Sep 2026

When a temporary control becomes permanent.

Temporary controls have a habit of becoming permanent when nobody follows their purpose, burden and end condition.

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