Quality Control/Quality Assurance

The new draft guidance addresses the premarketing assessment of a drug’s effect on blood pressure.

FDA sent a warning letter to Jilin Shulan Synthetic Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. after an inspection found CGMP violations including a lack of data integrity.

Representatives from the two pharmacopeias held a symposium on European and Indian legislation and regulatory requirements regarding the quality of drugs.

The FDA commissioner released a statement expressing the agency’s plan to address tactics used by pharma companies to delay generic-drug competition.

The company is recalling Piperacillin and Tazobactam for Injection, USP 3.375 Gram/Vial And 4.5 Gram/Vial strengths because of concerns of decreased potency due to elevated levels of impurities.

The company is recalling Piperacillin and Tazobactam for injection, USP 3.375 g because of glass particulates found in a vial.

FDA sent a warning letter to Goran Pharma Private Limited citing inadequate quality control violations.

Monetary benefits will outweigh the hassle of batch record harmonization, says Siegfried Schmitt, principal consultant at PAREXEL.

A validation plan developed to support a process unrelated to bio- pharmaceutical manufacture is applied to bio- pharmaceutical processes and systems.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2082 as a pathlength standard for UV absorbance measurements for use with the new generation of microvolume spectrophotometers and short-pathlength cuvettes.

FDA sent a warning letter to Lijiang Yinghua Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for failure to follow current good manufacturing practices.

After a review of public comments, USP will not move forward with nomenclature proposal without further FDA collaboration.

FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research has published its second annual report on key safety programs and activities.

The new document answers questions regarding implementation of the ICH Q7 guidance on GMPs for APIs.

A new report gives an overview of the work of the International API Inspection Program.

Premier Pharmacy Labs is voluntarily recalling multiple products because of the potential lack of sterility assurance.

FDA sent a warning letter to Tris Pharma Inc. after investigators found the company had failed to properly investigate batch failures and establish quality control procedures.

The European Pharmacopoeia Commission added 19 new monographs and three new chapters and revised 51 monographs and 15 chapters.

RGtimeline/Shutterstock.comParenteral product quality is improving.

Certificates of analysis can be used to monitor the reliability of products and their suppliers, says Susan Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates.

This is the first of a series of three articles about validation and technical transfer in the bio- pharmaceutical industry.

The company’s close communication with customers has enabled it to bring advanced pipetting products to market.

Telstar reports that its Boreas, a new 86° ultra-low-temperature freezer, increases average performance by 20%.

The agency sent a warning letter to Malladi Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited after an inspection found CGMP violations that included the presence of vermin.

The author reviews operative options for the implementation of a quality oversight and how companies can benefit from this function from a regulatory perspective.

Process validation is an extension of biologics development processes.

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.