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Beyond instruments: streamlining process technology implementation in biopharmaceutical manufacturing

European Pharmaceutical Review

To give examples, such a work package focuses on the identification of regulations (ICH Q2 R2, 3 Q8-Q14, 4-10 FDA PAT guidance, 11 EMA Annex 15 12 ), some of which may be mainly guidance documents with recommendations and flexibility when it comes to PAT.

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GAMP 5 update: computerized system expectations for pharma manufacturers

European Pharmaceutical Review

Validation projects have often been documentation-focused exercises, more befitting a grammar exercise than artifacts supportive of regulated activity. The GAMP 5 Second Edition guide emphasises that focus should be on value-adding activities rather than documentation for documentation’s sake.”

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Speaking of Medicine – Mid-Year OPDP Enforcement Review

Eye on FDA

There are two means of gaining insight into the agency’s thinking about regulatory issues related to promotional communications by pharmaceutical companies; one is through the issuance of guidance documents, the other is through enforcement. But when it comes to enforcement things have changed greatly over the years.

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Halting Europe’s essential medicines manufacturing exodus

European Pharmaceutical Review

The last paracetamol plant in Europe, closed in France in 2008 as it was no longer economically sustainable, marking the exit of paracetamol manufacturing from Europe” The closure of API manufacturing plants in Europe started in earnest 15 years ago.

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Developing the EU’s first intestinal microbiota-based biologic

European Pharmaceutical Review

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: 2021 update on the treatment guidance document for Clostridioides difficile infection in adults. 2017; 55(7):1998-2008. References van Prehn J, Reigadas E, Vogelzang EH, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021; 27 (2): S1-S21. McDonald CL, Gerding DN, Johnson S, et al.

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Addressing US FDA challenges in Indian sterile drug manufacturing – Part 3

Express Pharma

Archive design basis documents for all facility, process, and utility decisions. Treat each deviation, complaint, or EM excursion as a rehearsal for an FDA discussion – document decisions, risk rationales, and CAPAs with inspection-grade clarity. Regularly conduct mock inspections using external or cross-site auditors.

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Taming cardiovascular risk: the promise of LDL cholesterol lowering therapeutics

European Pharmaceutical Review

Even though patients are on existing [statins] that are well-documented and most likely safe and effective, there are many patients who still have cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death” We are recognising now is that there is great data on how to reduce risk by applying lipid lowering therapy like statins.