Quality Systems

Standard Homeopathic Company is recalling all lots of Hyland’s Baby Teething Tablets and Hyland’s Nighttime Baby Teething Tablets due to inconsistent amounts of belladonna alkaloids.

Integrating EBRs with MES reduces time to market, cuts costs, and enhances compliance performance.

Pharmaceutical Technology spoke with CPhI North America presenter Jonathan Helfgott to discuss navigating GDUFA and helpful tips for submitting successful ANDAs.

At CPhI North America 2017, the US Pharmacopeial Convention will be discussing its upcoming revision and modernization of the standards for elemental and organic impurities.

The agency cited the company’s India facility for batch failures and data integrity problems.

The new guide offers guidance on how to ensure data and records are complete, consistent, secure, accurate, and available throughout their lifecycle.

Pharmaceutical Technology spoke with CPhI North America presenters Ben Locwin, PhD, MBA, MBB, president at Healthcare Science Advisors, and Tom Fox, principal at Advanced Compliance Solutions, to discuss drug pricing, compliance challenges, and corporate social responsibility in the bio/pharmaceutical industry.

To prevent failure during lengthy use, tube life should be monitored and a preventive maintenance program enacted.

A drop in US drug approvals was noted but this trend was not yet seen in Europe.

The recall was issued because of a defective delivery system; the units affected had possible package leakage.

The agency released guidance on single assessments of PSURs to improve safety and benefit-risk assessment of medicines.

The role of patient advocates in shaping regulations and policy has put attention on financial and operational links between drug companies and independent health organizations.

FDA is in the center of the debate over developing and pricing new cancer therapies.

A new study in NEJM compares the regulatory review processes of FDA and EMA.

What are the pros, cons, and practicalities of moving pharma manufacturing back to the US? \

Scott Gottlieb answers Senators' questions at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Deutetrabenazine is the first deuterated product approved by FDA, approval represents the first new treatment option for chorea associated with Huntington’s disease in nearly a decade.

EMA has developed a framework and action plan to foster relationships with the academic community.

The company announced that Meridian Medical Technologies is extending a recall of EpiPen and EpiPen Junior to the United States.

Both the European Union and United States are still ironing out issues such as confidentiality of information and recognition of competence of each party’s regulatory authorities in their agreement on GMP inspections.

GW Pharmaceuticals plans to submit a regulatory filing to FDA and EMA following two positive Phase III trials of Epidiolex in patients with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.

The authors present the results of a survey of small- and large-molecule pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies on implementation of Analytical quality by design concepts.

New study shows China biopharma companies face staffing shortages.

Susan Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, discusses the value of internal audits and how the information gained can be applied.

Industry fears limited benefits as FDA readies voluntary data tracking program.