Quality Systems

FDA and EMA release a draft joint proposal on the development of new drugs to treat Gaucher disease in children.

EMA and ECHA sign agreement to share information and work together on risk assessments.

Draft guidance addresses the use of clinical pharmacology studies to determine biosimilarity of biologics.

FDA clarifies stability data recommendations for abbreviated new drug applications.

MG America's ACE-BT300 Coding and Verification Unit provides track-and-trace capabilities for bottles.

Life-sciences companies can get a jump on potential quality problems by looking at the leading indicators hiding in the document management process further upstream.

FDA releases draft guidance on the development of drugs to treat hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP) and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia.

New identifiers and tracking requirements aim to block illegitimate products.

Industry players offer suggestions for quality metrics as FDA continues to try and solve the problem of drug shortages.

The rising incidence of medicine defects and shortages stemming from sub-standard manufacturing is forcing Europe to give higher prominence to more effective inspections procedures.

Common challenges and key considerations when developing a freeze-drying cycle for protein pharmaceuticals.

Siegfried Schmitt, principal consultant at PAREXEL, discusses the importance of quality-technical agreements.

How badly is Brazil's pharmaceutical market suffering from the global instability of emerging markets?

New formulations and expanded vaccine production are encouraged.

Biopharma companies should not overlook India's growing market.

Laser Diffraction Software Supports Analytical QbD

USP releases new and revised standards for organic impurities in medicines for public comment.

The European Medicines Agency's Annual Report highlights drug approvals, projects, and initiatives for 2013.

Allergy Therapeutics announced that its Worthing facility has received its Certificate of GMP Compliance following recent inspection by the MHRA.

ISPE drug shortage prevention plan to address organizational strategies, manufacturing and quality systems, and supply chain quality.

Hospira announces nationwide voluntary recall of propofol injectable emulsion, USP, and lidocaine HCI injection, USP due to visible particuluates.

The cleaning validation lifecycle includes assessment, development, validation, and monitoring.

A study investigated the influence and correlation of critical process parameters for the optimization of in-process curing.

EMA sends its results on Roche investigation of pharmacovigilance non-compliance to the European Commission.

EDQM has launched a database, Know-X, which collates reports on counterfeit/falsified medical products that have been detected in Council of Europe member states.