Quality Control/Quality Assurance

Revisions to chapters on glass containers and elastomeric closures were canceled following review of comments.

The company is recalling three lots of Hydromorphone HCl Injection USP CII 10 mg/mL, 1 mL in 2 mL Single Dose Vials because of possibly empty or cracked vials.

The company is recalling Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate for Injection, USP, 40mg, 125mg, and 1g manufactured by Gland Pharma Ltd and distributed by Sagent due to out-of-specification impurity results.

In-house experts can help select the right systems and suppliers, making validation and compliance easy, says Siegfried Schmitt, principal consultant at PAREXEL.

FDA enforcement efforts and drug approvals trend upward.

Spectroscopic tools present an alternative method for reliable at-line process monitoring and control.

The company is voluntarily recalling three lots of Labetalol Hydrochloride Injection, USP, 100 mg/20 mL Vial and one lot of Labetalol Hydrochloride Injection, USP, Novaplus because of the potential of cracked glass at the rim of the vials.

The NECC supervisory pharmacist at the center of the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

This article explores lab data integrity violation trends, as well as a sampling of the latest technologies that can help avoid them.

The approaches for sample preparation of preclinical evaluation of safety and efficacy are addressed taking into consideration the shortcoming with the contemporary approaches.

Lonza Pharma & Biotech's's Modular Automated Sampling Technology (MAST) platform, which allows for the collection of up to 10 sterile sample sources for automated analysis in multiple analytical devices, won the CPhI Pharma Award 2017 for Excellence in Pharma: Bioprocessing.

The company has expanded its voluntary nationwide recall to include a second lot of Nexterone injection. This recall is due to particulate matter found in the product.

The company is voluntarily recalling product because of glass particles found in vials.

PharMEDium Services, LLC voluntarily recalled some lots of product because of a lack of sterility assurance.

Conducting stability testing on APIs/finished drug product helps ensure shelf-life storage.

The authors present a robust and easy-to-implement chromatography column performance assessment method, called direct transition analysis (DTA).

Enterprise-wide processes, procedures, and systems are the keys to data integrity and peace of mind, according to Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, principal consultant at PAREXEL.

The recall was initiated due to a product complaint in which white particulate matter, identified as mold, was discovered in a flexible bag from one batch.

FDA sent a warning letter to Deserving Health International Corp. after inspectors found CGMP violations including failure to prevent microbiological contamination.

By improving data systems and quality metrics, businesses and company cultures can be strengthened.

An increasing number of warning letters shows that FDA is observing more problems with pharmaceutical contract manufacturing.

A survey by LNS Research and sponsored by Honeywell showed that industrial companies are not moving quickly to adopt cyber security; calls on CEOs to take action.

SOPs need to reflect a company’s specific manufacturing or other operations, says Susan Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates.

A quality-by-design approach that implements PAT offers advantages in upstream cell-culture processing.

A roundtable Q&A with biopharma executives elucidates the challenges posed by single-use bioreactor bags in contributing to extractables and leachables in the biomanufacturing process.