Quality Assurance/Quality Control

In light of the hype around chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as potential COVID-19 treatments, it is important to remember that drug repurposing should never be rushed, irrespective of the urgency of the situation.

Discovery of carcinogenic nitrosamines in three of the world’s most widely prescribed drugs is driving efforts to better detect, control and prevent their generation in APIs and finished drug products.

A well-defined contamination control program is essential to maintain quality through aseptic manufacture of parenteral drug products.

The CuDAL-Excel program, based on Microsoft (MS) Excel, has been developed to calculate the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) passing probability of content uniformity and dissolution tests for both sampling plan 1 and sampling plan 2 scenarios and for both immediate release and extended release requirements. The users can obtain the passing probability by simply entering the input variables, with wide applications for process validation/verification and batch release. As a user-friendly program, CuDAL‑Excel should bring more benefits to the industry practitioners than other existing programs/tools.

Technical services and regulatory affairs consulting group, Diamond Pharma Services, has announced its acquisition of PharmaCentral-a pharmacovigilance services and medical affairs business based in Dublin, Ireland.

The company is recalling the product because of out-of-specification results for high molecular weight polymers.

The company is voluntarily recalling 13 lots of the product because of particulate matter found in reserve sample vials.

The company is recalling Tetracycline HCl Capsules USP, 250 mg and 500 mg, 100-count bottles because of failed dissolution specifications.

The company is recalling three lots of Nizatidine Oral Solution, 15 mg/mL (75 mg/5mL) due to potential N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) contamination.

This case study highlights analytical instrumentation and techniques that were used to identify an unknown impurity detected during routine release testing of a topical gel drug product.

Addressing data integrity, quality culture, aging facilities, investigations/corrective actions and preventive actions, and risk management is key when conducting audits, says Susan J. Schniepp, executive vice-president of post-approval pharma and distinguished fellow, Regulatory Compliance Associates.

Because conventional cleaning methods can risk product loss, biopharmaceutical manufacturers are often reluctant to use PDE/ADE limits to validate cleaning processes.

Pharmaceutical Technology spoke with Jens Andersson, purchasing director at Cambrex Karlskoga, about the best way to ensure the security of the bio/pharmaceutical materials supply chain.

With new tests showing NDMA levels increase under normal storage conditions, FDA calls for removal of ranitidine products from the market.

Connect with pharmaceutical and healthcare regulatory authorities around the world via this directory.

No matter why change may be needed, it is important to comply with all the relevant regulatory requirements, says Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice-president, technical, Parexel Consulting.

As compounds become more complex in nature and biological ingredients are more widely used, stability testing approaches must follow suit and provide flexibility for developers.

Assays can provide a useful tool in determining the potential toxicity of drugs throughout the development cycle.

A brief overview of three notable cases of adverse drug reactions.

EU regulators have accelerated their efforts to use the mass of data emerging from the lifecycles of drugs as an effective basis for both the development and control of medicines.

Outsourcing stability testing to full-service providers can offer comprehensive benefits to bio/pharma companies.

The company has said that all three of its operating sites in China started back up on Feb. 12 and that it is closely monitoring the outbreak.

The report details OPQ’s accomplishments over the past five years.

Increased reliance on foreign producers raises concerns and spurs collaborations.

Data management is crucial in bio/pharmaceutical laboratory settings from discovery steps through clinical studies and varies based on the development phase.

Complex protein structures pose analytical challenges that can be addressed by advanced mass spectrometry technologies and workflows, which can be used to comprehensively characterize them.

The company’s new Milliflex Oasis System provides enhanced result reliability, increased productivity, and advanced traceability.

FDA sent a warning letter to Health Pharma USA after an inspection found the company’s quality unit was not properly overseeing its drug manufacturing operations.

The company has various projects and launches scheduled for 2020 as part of its anniversary celebration.

The agency sent a warning letter to Henan Kangdi Medical Devices Co. Ltd after an inspection found CGMP violations that included a variety of failures of the company’s quality unit.