Med Dev Product Life Cycle

As mentioned, ‘validation’ covers a host of efforts.  

There are validation aspects to address in each of the product life blocks such as:

• Planning
• R&D
• Production
• And Post-Market

Which includes deployment, service, upgrades, and through to the retirement phase. 

But there are also validation aspects to consider for all the support processes too such as:

• Quality System Activities 
• Configuration Management
• Purchasing 
• Document Control
• And Calibration etc

As you can see, validation is a continuous process that spans a large portion of the entire manufacturing process.