SPGL joins CERTANIA to build European Centre of Excellence for Pharma CQV & Quality Assurance services

Quality Assurance Specialist expands CERTANIA’s Life Sciences offering across Europe.

Munich/London (UK), 18th June 2026 – SPGL joins CERTANIA. The company is a leading provider of CQV (Commissioning, Qualification, Validation) and GxP Quality Assurance & Compliance services. They support pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers with their qualification and validation needs, creating certainty for our clients and ultimately helping to improve patient safety.

Headquartered in London, SPGL operates an additional execution office in Antwerp, Belgium, with delivery capacity across multiple European markets. The company primarily supports multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers with GxP regulated facilities across Europe. Clients include companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi and Pfizer.

“With SPGL, we are expanding our life sciences activities in a critical area: GxP quality assurance and compliance for biopharmaceutical manufacturers. SPGL will serve as our Centre of Excellence for CQV and Quality Assurance & Compliance, featuring a multi-country delivery structure and the ability to consistently support clients throughout commissioning, qualification, validation and ongoing compliance,“ says Karsten Xander, CEO of CERTANIA.

“Our strength has always been the ability to manage quality and improve performance for our clients. Joining CERTANIA gives us the scale, reach and resources to accelerate our growth across Europe while maintaining the technical excellence and customer focus that define SPGL,“ says Jay Lad, Executive Director of SPGL.

The partnership significantly strengthens CERTANIA’s capabilities in Testing, Inspection and Compliance regulated industries and establishes a dedicated European Centre of Excellence for quality assurance, compliance, qualification and validation services.

About CERTANIA: 
CERTANIA Group, headquartered in Munich, is an internationally active Testing, Inspection, Certification & Compliance company with decades of experience. Its experts shape industry standards and continuously advance methods across life sciences, food and consumer goods, industrials, buildings and infrastructure, as well as certification and compliance. More information: www.certania.com.

About SPGL Limited:  
SPGL is a specialist consulting group comprising of two dedicated divisions: GMP & Technical Services and QACC (Quality Assurance Consulting & Compliance). 

GMP & Technical Services supports organisations operating in GMP regulated environments across Biopharmaceuticals, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Healthcare, Regulated Consumer Products, Chemicals, and Mission Critical Facilities. The division provides Commissioning, Qualification, Validation, Quality Assurance, Auditing, Training and Regulatory Compliance services throughout Europe.  

QACC delivers specialist quality assurance, auditing and compliance consultancy services to GxP regulated organisations across the EMEA region. Its expertise spans GCP, GVP, CSV, and GxLP disciplines, supporting clients throughout the product lifecycle with mock inspections, due diligence assessments, QMS consultancy, gap analyses and regulatory readiness programmes. SPGL is headquartered in London and operates an additional delivery office in Antwerp, Belgium. More information: www.spgl.eu. 

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