Regulatory Oversight and Compliance

Victor Hernandez of EMD Millipore discusses his upcoming session, "Current continuous process validation program: following FDA current guidelines,? which will be held at Interphex 2013

The 2013 Excipient Information Package (EIP) User Guide is now available for free download from the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council (IPEC)-Americas.

FDA's requirements for API manufacturers in regards to ICH Q7.

Discussions are underway as the pharmaceutical sector calls for greater consistency in the global monitoring of GMP compliance and quality testing of APIs and finished medicines.

Industry experts discuss the effect FDA's 2011 process validation guidance has had on industry.

Vaccine development is benefiting from manufacturing advances and support for global health.

Brazil's major vaccine producer innovates with stem-cell research.

The European Medicines Agency?s Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) is seeking to expand its international cooperation in 2013.

FDA has released a list of more than 50 guidance documents planned for 2013.

Siegfried Schmitt, a principal consultant with PAREXEL, discusses how the EU's Falsified Medicines Directive will affect US API production.

Quality assurance of biological products is central to India's good distribution practices guidelines.

Prosecutors and regulators challenge manufacturing quality failings likely to cause patient harm.

A thorough investigation of all possible causes of deviations should be performed.

Adherence to GMP in API manufacturing is crucial in determining the safety of drug products.

Ben Venue Laboratories announced that it has voluntarily entered into a consent decree with FDA over violations of cGMP.

FDA has released Guidance for Industry: Abuse-Deterrent Opioids?Evaluation and Labeling, Draft Guidance

Eli Lilly expects overall revenue growth in the coming year.

Additional approvals in December have helped to outpace a recent high set in 2011.

The health ministry of Brazil recently signed an agreement to obtain its production technology to locally develop the antiretroviral drug atazavanir sulfate.

The EU fine-tunes legislation for the Falsified Medicines Directive, which is due to take effect this month as part of efforts to better protect patients from counterfeits.

Siegfried Schmitt, a principal consultant with PAREXEL, discusses the EMA's guideline on process validation and how it compares with FDA's process validaton guidance.

Revalidation of cleanroom disinfection may be unnecessary, according to John S. Kent.

The management board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has endorsed the agency?s work programme and budget for 2013, which includes a budget of EUR231.6 million, a slight increase over 2012.

Mylan issued a voluntary recall of three lots of the painkiller tablets hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen.

The agency recommends to avoid the use of to dibutyl phthalate and di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in CDER-regulated drug and biologic products, including prescription and nonprescription products.