Quality Systems

The Mutual Recognition Agreement will allow FDA and EU inspectors to recognize each other’s work and avoid the duplication of drug inspections.

Pharmaceutical Technology asked Siegfried Schmitt, principal consultant at PAREXEL, about the importance of quality agreements in the sponsor/contractor relationship.

As the November 2017 deadline nears, a surprising number of companies still don’t have a serialization plan in place. New programs aim to get them compliant in time.

Efforts to harmonize the fragmented regulatory framework for pharmaceuticals in the European Union continue to be a challenge.

President Trump calls for faster FDA approvals and lower drug prices.

This article reviews experiences with the outcome of in-house audits, audits by third parties, and purchased audit reports.

Having an effective and granular data management process in place will enable companies to meet the requirements of IDMP as well as help usher in a new age of digital-based identification, in which organizations can easily share data across borders.

The agency cited the company’s Kansas facility with CGMP violations similar to problems found at other Hospira facilities.

FDA plans to initiate its quality metrics program as industry continues to push back.

Avella issued a nationwide recall of sterile products produced at the Advanced Pharma Houston location due to inaccurate labeling.

The company is voluntarily recalling one lot of Edex due to a lack of container closure integrity.

The agency’s CHMP recommended six drugs for market approval, including one orphan drug, during its February meeting.

The agency’s CHMP recommended conditional marketing authorization for the hormone replacement therapy for the treatment of chronic hypoparathyroidism.

In 2016, FDA approved 630 ANDAs and tentatively approved 183 ANDAs, the highest number to date, according to the report.

The authors discuss regulatory and patent issues with combination products.

The district court ordered Pick and Pay Inc./Cili Minerals to cease operations after it unlawfully manufactured and distributed unapproved new drugs, misbranded drugs, adulterated dietary supplements, and misbranded dietary supplements.

The companies have developed a Level 4 traceability solution to manage pharmaceutical regulatory requirements.

FDA granted inotuzumab ozogamicin priority review and accepted its BLA for filing.

The regulatory agency rejected the medication, citing various issues related to device use.

Momenta’s fill/finish contract manufacturer, Pfizer, was cited in the letter.

The ICH Q11 Q&A discusses the development and manufacture of drug substances and the selection and justification of starting materials.

FDA sent a warning letter to Sato Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. after inspectors found deviations in the facility’s aseptic processes.

FDA approved Valeant’s brodalumab with a boxed warning for suicidal ideation.

Process conditions can corrode stainless-steel surfaces, necessitating corrective and preventive maintenance.

The directorate says monographs are flexible and changeable and their compliance does not on its own determine biosimilarity in biosimilars.