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April 15, 2021

Published by Meranda Parascandola at April 15, 2021

Material Characterization and Formulation Development

Learn how to guide sponsors in the critical exercise of materials characterization and the establishment of reference standards for NCEs as well as in the formulation of drug products from the IND-enabling stages of development through postapproval evergreening changes.

June 3, 2021

Published by Meranda Parascandola at June 3, 2021

Meetings Between the FDA and Sponsors Aren’t Quite What You Think They Are

FDA Meetings aren’t what many people think they are especially when it comes to the CMC-focused discussions. We look at seven common opinions about formal meetings between the FDA and Sponsors or Applicants of PDUFA Products when it comes to CMC compliance and compare them to reality.

June 17, 2021

Published by Meranda Parascandola at June 17, 2021

The Analytical Detective: Understanding Impurities in the Molecule Assessment Process

Colman Byrne, a senior analytical services expert at DSI, describes the molecule assessment process as detective work, in which physical chemists assess different pieces of information to solve a puzzle. Questions that must be answered in the process include: What is the product supposed to be and do?

August 5, 2021

Published by Meranda Parascandola at August 5, 2021

Why and When Filter Validation is Key to Bringing a Product to Market

Bringing a product to market is a long and complex one, even more so when developing a sterile product, such as injections, ophthalmic preparations, irrigation fluids, dialysis solutions, among others. The only method for removing microorganisms without adversely affecting the product is sterile filtration, and those processes need to be assessed through filter validation to ensure that the filter used to eliminate any microorganisms is the right one.

August 19, 2021

Published by Meranda Parascandola at August 19, 2021

Trust and Expertise: Defining The Value Of The Person-In-Plant

As sponsors have started to shift more and more of their manufacturing to outsourcing partners, relationship building has become an even greater priority. This is where the person-in-plant becomes an invaluable source for building a more trusting relationship with the contract research manufacturer (CMO). Essentially, a person-in-plant is a sponsor employee or, more often, a third-party expert consultant who is present at the contract manufacturing site to observe, support, and provide feedback to all stakeholders.

September 2, 2021

Published by Meranda Parascandola at September 2, 2021

Planning, Preparing and Crafting the Drug Development Report

DSI has seen a lot of pharmaceutical development reports ranging from several hundred pages to a summary of conclusions attached to stacks of data. The latter can make things difficult when it’s time to put a regulatory filing together. It’s become clear that capturing development decisions and data from the outset in a living document is good practice and whether the data collected thus far is supporting development goals. It’s a reference point for what has been completed and what still has to be done.