Quality Systems

EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended that all ranitidine medicines be suspended within the European Union as a result of the presence of low levels of NDMA.

Congressional leaders are developing the next version of the 21st Century Cures Act, including provisions to advance research related to the COVID-19 crisis as part of initiatives for bringing innovative therapies to market faster.

Policy makers seek to ensure supplies of new therapies and to limit shortages.

Having a better understanding about compliance will be of benefit when looking for a job or for furthering one’s career, says Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice-president, technical, Parexel Consulting.

Industry must never become complacent about the safety of drug products and should seek to continually perform surveillance even if the drug is well-established.

FDA’s EUA provides the first new treatment for COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms.

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.

The ASTM standard describes how to evaluate single-use systems for foreign particle analysis.

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.

With hundreds of clinical trials for potential coronavirus therapies in the works concerns have mounted about the emergence of conflicting data, useless results, and wasted efforts from multiple overlapping efforts.

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

The guidance document describes the agency’s temporary policy for the compounding of drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Experts to discuss strategies for ensuring supply of quality drug products during a pandemic in April 28 online event.

The agency sent warning letters to three more companies for selling unapproved products claiming to treat COVID-19.

Drug manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers oppose Buy American policies as likely to reduce reliable supplies and raise product costs.

The task force will assist in the developing, authorizing, and monitoring of treatments of COVID-19.

The guidance answers questions on changes made to the regulatory framework to address challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The agency has been tasked with coordinating efforts to mitigate shortages of medicines within Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The agency sent a warning letter to Genesis II Church for marketing fraudulent chlorine dioxide products the company claims treats and prevents COVID-19.

FDA is encouraging alternative insulins and challenging anticompetitive practices.

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.

As the coronavirus pandemic unfolds, Pharma must practice science over hype.

With ingredients sold to multiple markets, excipient manufacturers must understand the different regulatory requirements for pharma vs. food.

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.

Risk assessments, audits, and good communication between sponsor and supplier are key elements of supplier oversight.