Stability testing is an important part of the drug development and approval process, determining the safety and integrity of the drug and also its shelf life and storage conditions.
Pharmaceuticals (both Synthetically and Biotechnology-derived) are being developed by many sponsors whose management teams have varying degrees of familiarity or experience with the regulatory requirements for these challenging products.
Ideally, even before the research phase, you should study the relevant FDA regulations/guidances and forms for an IND submission, which can be found on the FDA’s web site (and below), and determine how your organization can best meet those requirements. Companies that devote disciplined, systematic attention from day one move far more efficiently toward opening trials than companies who chose to delay.
Ideally, even before the research phase, you should study the relevant FDA regulations/guidances and forms for an IND submission, which can be found on the FDA’s web site (and below), and determine how your organization can best meet those requirements. Companies that devote disciplined, systematic attention from day one move far more efficiently toward opening trials than companies who chose to delay.
The FDA’s regulatory requirements for process validation highlights the need for defining Critical Process Parameters (CPPs) based on Critical Quality Attributes (CQAs). As described by the FDA, a CQA is a characteristic within a range that ensures a specified level of product quality. These requirements highlight the focus of QbD, or Quality by Design. The ICH describes this view of quality assurance that focuses more on validating the process through control parameters and less on defining quality based on product testing.
When a CMC emergency crops up, you grit your teeth, your blood pressure spikes and you pledge to bear down and make the right decision. And that’s exactly why you might make the wrong decision. In today’s biotech industry, (where MONEY and TIME, can make you or break you) it can be harder to bounce back.