February 2003

The PharmTech team focused on its coverage of AAPS PharmSci 360 this week, conducting interviews with experts on a range of topics including formulation platforms, AI, amorphous solid dispersions, and animal studies.

Manish Baviskar, Hubot CDMO, on ALCOA++ data integrity, model version change control, continuous monitoring, and human sign-off.

The agreement between CDER and OII with allow for coordinated marketing application assessments and inspections.

Manish Baviskar, Hubot CDMO, explains which AI skills validation engineers need first and why AI model updates must go through GMP change control.

Aleksandra Zuraw, senior veterinary pathologist at Charles River, discusses how chain of custody, good laboratory practice, quality control, and validation are applied to digital pathology data used in drug development.

FDA draft guidance on individualized genome editing lets BLAs add patient-specific variants without new trials, shifting evidence to CMC assay data.

Vibha Jawa, PhD, chief scientific officer at EpiVax, explains why the need for animal studies varies by modality and what it takes for organ-on-chip and other human-relevant models to replace these studies in IND-enabling toxicology work.

Sanjay Konagurthu, PhD, senior director of Science and Innovation at Thermo Fisher Scientific, explains what teams need to do to ensure the usefulness of AI and what strides have been made with AI in regulatory submissions.