Quality Control/Quality Assurance

Although downstream efficiency still lags behind upstream, engineering-driven innovation is breaking through boundaries.

Simple components help maintain physical integrity throughout a bioprocess setup, and single-use components play a role in ensuring a closed system for aseptic processing.

Single-use systems offer a solution to the challenges inherent in buffer preparation, which can be the cause of bottlenecking in bioprocessing.

Vida International received an FDA warning letter after an inspection found quality control violations.

The two countries have been included into the mutual recognition agreement between the European Union and the US FDA that recognizes facility inspections conducted in different territories.

Two facilities owned by Pharmasol Corporation were cited for violations of current good manufacturing practices in a FDA warning letter.

A US District Judge in the Southern District of Florida held that the US Stem Cell Clinic of Weston, FL and US Stem Cell of Sunrise, FL adulterated and misbranded a stem cell drug product made from a patient’s adipose tissue.

CDER’s KASA program seeks manufacturer data on drug attributes and risks to inform oversight.

As SUS become prevalent in the biologics industry, the question of safety becomes increasingly important.

A good working relationship between sponsor and contractor will become invaluable when an OOS occurs, says Susan J. Schniepp, executive vice-president of post-approval pharma and distinguished fellow, Regulatory Compliance Associates.

Quality by design brings both challenges and benefits to the development of downstream processes.

Stuart Jones, regulatory quality assurance professional in good laboratory practice (RQAP-GLP) and director of quality assurance at PPD Laboratories’ Bioanalytical Laboratory shared GLP best practices with BioPharm International.

The company is voluntarily recalling Amikacin Sulfate Injection, USP, 1g/4 mL (250mg/mL), and Prochlorperazine Edisylate Injection, USP, 10mg/2mL (5mg/mL), to the consumer level because microbial growth was detected.

Violations found by FDA included a failure to test product for API identity and strength, failure to validate outsourced materials, and a lack of written cleaning procedures.

Inspectors found a lack of control over computer systems and a failure to follow equipment cleaning and maintenance procedures.

TraceLink will participate in the agency’s Pilot Project Program under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act.

The company is recalling one lot of Mycophenolate Mofetil for Injection, USP because of glass fragments found in a vial after reconstitution.

The company is recalling one lot of Ketorolac Tromethamine Injection, USP, 60mg/2mL because of a lack of sterility assurance.

Intertek has announced the expansion of its pharmaceutical services laboratory in Melbourn, near Cambridge, UK, through the acquisition of a new 20,000 sq. ft facility.

While the multiple attributes method gains ground and traditional lab methods improve, broad efforts are underway to determine biopharmaceuticals’ most significant critical quality attributes and enable real-time release.

New agency leadership is pressed to promote innovation while addressing safety and quality issues.

FDA inspections can create uncertainty. Supervision of the contract manufacturer is crucial in ensuring compliance.

We need to understand both sides when it comes to audits, says Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice-president, technical, PAREXEL Consulting.

Single-use technology is gaining ground in downstream bioprocessing, but challenges stall further adoption.

Delays in revisions to guidelines by the European Union are impeding the pharmaceutical industry.

This article takes a look at current practices for cleaning and sterilizing biomanufacturing equipment used in a multi-product versus single-product setting.

Sharpless will seek further solutions to the opioid crisis and work to reduce cigarette use in adults and kids.

FDA sent a warning letter to RIJ Pharmaceutical LLC after an inspection of the company’s Middletown, NY facility found CGMP violations.

The agency sent a warning letter to Luen Fook Medicine Sdn., Bhd. for CGMP violations found at the company’s Malaysia facility.

EMA is evaluating the safety of Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) after new side effects were reported.