Quality Systems

In the latest of a series of warning letters to India-based API manufacturers, FDA issued a warning letter to Aspen for deviations in CGMP in the production of APIs.

In response to a presidential Executive Order, the Department of Health and Human Services is planning to reduce its workforce, including cutting FDA staff by 3500 full-time employees, and reorganize some key departments.

The company’s state-of-the-art sterile drug product manufacturing site in Saint-Beauzire, France, opened in February 2023.

The contract will support R&D of high-quality APIs for substance use disorders and mental health conditions, starting with synthesis and scale-up of psilocybin, which is derived from mushrooms.

Fabhalta (iptacopan) received a positive opinion for treatment of C3G from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and has been approved twice before by FDA.

The EU medicines agencies’ network strategy, EMANS, is an update of the five-year strategy previously developed to cover the period 2021 to 2025.

Dirk Margosch, Vice President Visual Inspection, Assembly & Secondary Packaging at Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, provides advice on final product inspection for small batch sizes. He also discusses how to maintain cold chain during visual inspection.

Pharmaceutical Technology® discusses the quality and compliance issues surrounding the use of animal-derived ingredients in the bio/pharma industry with Roger Viney, chief commercial officer of ICE Pharma.

The certification allows Benuvia to produce pharmaceutical products for companies, either local to Brazil or international, that may be looking for compliant and high-quality production capabilities in the Brazilian pharmaceutical market.

Miguel Forte from ISCT and Kiji Therapeutics provides his insights into the changing political landscape in the US as well as legislative and regulatory adjustments, in an interview with Pharmaceutical Technology®.

The ‘full tolerance coverage method’ is introduced as a coverage estimation approach for assessing the uniformity of dosage units from large sample sizes, ensuring that no dosage unit exceeds the specification range.

Being fully versed on the ins and outs of design quality can improve the project design phase life cycle.

The alterations are the result of an agency review of findings from a clinical trial, and data from required postmarket studies.

In an interview with Pharmaceutical Technology®, Mike Baird from Schlafender Hase gives his predictions for how AI and ML may find use in the industry moving forwards and provides some predictions about M&A and the changing US government administration.

The Biotech and Biomanufacturing Hub will help European companies access funding, navigate regulations, and speed up market access.

Compliance and competitiveness are key factors in aseptic processing, says Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice president, Technical at Parexel.

Artificial intelligence, among other technological advances, is pushing innovation boundaries.

Treatments for autoimmune diseases, multiple cancers, and skin blistering have been recommended for marketing approval.

Preeya Beczek from Beczek.COM gives her thoughts on the areas to watch with the new US administration and how Europe might be finalizing preparations for previous legislative changes in an interview with Pharmaceutical Technology®.

Sponsor companies and contract development and manufacturing companies must ensure that the suppliers they use are following sustainability guidelines to truly produce ‘green’ products.

Contractors are working with sponsor companies to establish and maintain sustainable manufacturing practices in pharma.

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, or CTX, is a metabolic disorder caused by a gene mutation that results in a deficiency of an important enzyme in the ability of the human body to break down fats.

Seladelpar, which is marketed in the US as Livdelzi, was recommended for an orphan drug designation by CHMP in December 2024.

In this episode of the Ask the Expert video series, Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, and Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice president, Technical at Parexel, discuss the implications of FDA’s new draft guidance on complying with 21 CFR 211.110.

Tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) is rare and non-malignant, forming in or near joints, but which if left untreated can cause damage to joints and surrounding tissue, potentially leading to significant disability.