Process Validation

Falsified Medicines Directive requires imported APIs to have written confirmation of GMP standards.

European governments are under pressure to take regulatory action, but solving the problem of medicine shortages is not as straightforward as it seems.

Increased manufacturer outsourcing requires clear policies and written agreements with CMOs.

Bills to regulate drug compounding and establish a national track and trace system face political and policy differences.

A science- and risk-based approach to verify and demonstrate that a process operating within predefined specified parameters consistently produces material that meets all its critical quality attributes.

Companies can use metrics as a tool to help drive positive change and quality process improvements.

Manufacturers work with international authorities to harmonize drug registration and supply-chain oversight.

While there are those who want combination products to be controlled by a centralized pharmaceutical-type approval system, the majority of the medical technology industry wants to retain a decentralized device-focused approach.

The author presents best practices for extractables and leachables.

Have FDA initiatives improved manufacturing quality?

Latin America's diverse growing market seeks regulatory harmonization.

Opioid abuse generates calls for efforts to curb distribution.

EU authorities are stepping up their efforts to incorporate QbD principles.

This article examines the options to best match needs and spending for quality and regulatory leadership.

The authors present solutions based on a review of current service offerings and their audit experience.

Vaccine development is benefiting from manufacturing advances.

BioPharm International spoke with industry experts about the effect FDA's 2011 process validation guidance has had on industry.

USP's focus in 2013 involves standards relating to organic impurities, measurement of residual DNA and host-cell proteins in biotechnology products, and elemental impurities.

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.

Shortages spur efforts to overhaul manufacturing oversight.

Shortages spur efforts to overhaul manufacturing oversight.

The EU fine-tunes the Falsified Medicines Directive.

White House and Congress likely to struggle over funding for bio/pharmaceutical regulation.

The authors describe the development of an ultra scale-down anion exchange membrane adsorber, and demonstrate scalability to larger-scale devices.

This month, Sharon Strause, an industry consultant, provides a look back at "Computer System Validation Part I: Testing and Verification of Applications Software" by Leonard J. Goren.

Manufacturing and in-depth characterization provide basis for demonstrating product equivalence.

User fees aim to speed approvals and support inspections.

USP Hosts Symposium on Science and Standards

Manufacturers and regulators struggle to control phony versions of crucial medicines.

Import controls and risk strategies aim to promote quality and spur new drug development.