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May 30, 2019

Need to Know about CMC Regulatory Affairs? Consider What Makes a Great Philly Cheesesteak!

what makes a drug development program? Much like a Philly cheesesteak, the pursuit of greatness is the assurance that any given compound meets requisite technical and quality elements in each stage of development to allow for the ultimate successful commercialization of the drug.
December 3, 2019

Phase 2 to Early Phase 3 Regulatory Opportunities: Return on Investment

To ensure scientific and commercial success, it is critical to understand the drug development process and the myriad tasks and milestones that are vital to a comprehensive development plan. Although the primary purpose of a well-designed regulatory strategy is to assure an efficient process for providing new, high quality and effective drugs for patients, it is also essential to effectively maximize the return on investment. Each step along the path to commercialization is important and an effective chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) strategy and ensuing communication plan plays an integral role in the overall success of a product.
June 23, 2020

The Odd Couple – Part 2: Authoring the Manufacture of Drug Substance and Drug Product Modules (S2, P3)

An overview of the quality assurance aspects of the manufacturers may provide insight into the viability of the process. Although not required to be included in the application, a request for the report of the most recent cGMP manufacturing inspection from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and/or European Union (EU) agencies enable a broad overview of the cGMP compliance aspects of the facilities.
July 2, 2020

The Odd Couple – Part 3: Authoring the Control of Excipients Modules

The acceptance criteria and tests conducted for the excipients should be reviewed relative to the preformulation experimental results. The acceptance criteria for the excipients should consider those qualities critical to the drug product performance and manufacturing operation as described earlier in formulation development.