GMP NEWS 2019

Audit Trail Review required before Each Batch Release?

The topic data integrity generates a multitude of questions. Current questions are answered in a loose sequence of News. Question 2: Is the Audit Trail review required by the authorities before each batch release, or is it only recommended?

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EU Commission: How to prepare for a "Hard Brexit"

The European Commission is fostering its support in preparing EU companies for a no deal scenario ("Hard Brexit").

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New FDA Guideline: Quality Aspects for Continuous Manufacturing

In February 2019, the FDA published a new draft guideline that addresses quality aspects of continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing. It covers topics related to development, process validation, marketing authorisation and routine production.

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Switzerland now also uses EudraGMDP

Switzerland has begun to enter information on GMP inspections into the EMA database.

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Is an Identity Test needed for the content of all Containers?

In a recent Warning Letter, FDA is criticising a Chinese company for their inappropriate identity testing.

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WHO Recommends Re-Classification of Cannabis

After the legal situation for medical cannabis in Germany has already changed in 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) has now proposed a global re-classification of the addictive potential of cannabis.

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Brexit: Handling Pharmacovigilance Data from the UK

How should reports of adverse reactions from the UK be handled after the withdrawal date? New Q&As give a clear answer.

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Brexit: EU supports pharmaceutical Companies

In a letter, the EU Commission explains possible exemptions for future batch testing in the UK.

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Warning Letter due to Serious Deficiencies in Quality Control

FDA inspectors usually expect a minimum level of GMP understanding for identity and assay determinations of starting materials and finished products. Read here which basic GMP deficiencies in the quality control laboratory have led to a Warning Letter regarding incoming goods controls and testing of finished products.

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Test for bacterials Endotoxin - New EP Chapter on recombinant Factor C open for public Comments

The European Commission and the EDQM have published a new chapter of the European Pharmacopoeia for testing bacterial endotoxins with recombinant factor C (rFC) for public comment.

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EDQM updates Guidelines on the CEP Procedure

The EDQM has published four updated Public Documents on the revision, renewal or re-application of a CEP. Here you can find out what has to be considered when describing an API and its quality in a CEP application.

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Cleaning Validation under the View of the FDA

With the publication EMA's guideline on Shared and Dedicated Facilities and the revision of Annex 15, the topic of cleaning validation has gained new attention. The PDE concept is now the determining factor. But what about the FDA?

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Monographs on radiopharmaceutical preparations - Revised Guideline

At the beginning of the year, the EDQM published a revised version of its guidelines for the preparation of monographs on radiopharmaceutical preparations. It now includes a new section on method validation.

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Brexit: Will UK Inspection Reports and GMP Certificates still be valid?

Will EU-based pharmaceutical companies still be able to use a manufacturing site for which the GMP Certificate has been issued by a UK authority? The answer is yes - but with restrictions.

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Brexit: Safety Features & Multi-Country Packs

Will it be necessary to transfer information about the unique identifier uploaded to the UK repository between 9 February 2019 and the Brexit date to another repository? EMA recently published  the answer to this and other related questions.

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US Track and Trace System

The FDA launched the development of an enhanced electronic, interoperable U.S. track-and-trace system for industry set to go into effect in 2023.

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MHRA Pharmacovigilance Inspection Metrics

The MHRA GPvP inspectorate recently published their latest inspection metrics for the period from April 2017 to March 2018. 

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EU-FDA MRA to be expanded

The scope of the EU-FDA Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) will be extended to veterinary medicinal products, human vaccines and plasma derivatives.

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New WHO Guideline on "Cold Production of WFI"

In February 2019, the WHO published a new Guideline for comment on the production of WFI using non-distillation methods. Read more about the draft entitled "Production of Water for Injection by Means other than Distillation".

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EMA's Reflection Paper on the Qualification of Non-Genotoxic Impurities

Data from pre-clinical/clinical studies are often not sufficient for a comprehensive qualification of impurities with regard to their biological safety profile. The new EMA Reflection Paper provides guidance for determining the safety profile of impurities by means of various methods.

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