A Tribute to Dr Bernd Renger (1947 – 2024)

The news of Bernd Renger’s demise has greatly saddened all his many friends and colleagues within the European Compliance Foundation and its Academy after his more than 20 years of active participation.  He will be sorely missed.  He was a fine analytical chemist and had an encyclopaedic knowledge of the global GMPs and QMSs within the Pharmaceutical Industry.  He held senior quality positions in a number of pharmaceutical companies before establishing his own consultancy.

In addition to giving many lectures and courses in both English and German, he was a founder member of the ECA’s Analytical Quality Control Group in 2010 and the co-author of its first Guideline on Out of Specification Results in 2013.

In addition, he was one of the founders of the European Qualified Person Association and played a pivotal role in promoting the Qualified Person Education Course Modules for many years until his illness prevented him from actively continuing.  Bernd fought his illness bravely and courageously and never gave up his struggle until just before the end.  His determination to carry on, despite his illness, for as long as possible is an example to us all.

His legacy will live on in the many presentations and publications which he has bequeathed.  He will be long remembered for his humour and willingness to help and support those whom he trained and mentored.

I was honoured to have been one of his friends.  Our thoughts are with his wife and family.

Chris Burgess
ECA AQCG Chairman