GMP News - Analytical Quality Control

09.08.23

EDQM: Nitrosamines and CEPs

As recently reported in our News, the Q&A document "Questions and answers for marketing authorization holders/applicants on the CHMP Opinion for the Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 referral on nitrosamine impurities in human medicinal products" has been updated again. The EDQM has now defined the resulting measures for CEP holders and listed them in its Newsroom.

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27.07.23

USP-NF Stimuli Article on Chromatographic Screening for Extractables and Leachables

In the Pharmacopeial Forum, PF 49(4), a stimuli article entitled "Proposals for the Development, Composition, and Routine Use of System Suitability Standard Mixtures in Support of Chromatographic Screening for Organic Extractables and Leachables" was published.

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26.07.23

EDQM: Excipient Monographs

Supplement 11.2 to the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph.Eur.) came into force on 01 July 2023 and contains several updated monographs. These include five updated excipient monographs, which now include the so-called "functionality-related characteristics (FRCs)" section. In total, there are now more than 100 Ph.Eur. Monographs that include this section.

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26.07.23

FDA Warning Letter: Using non-validated and not appropriate Test Methods from an Internet Search is not a good Idea

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new Warning Letter. The company in question manufactures over-the-counter (OTC) topical drug products, e.g. antibacterial hand soaps and hand sanitizers. The list of GMP violations is quite extensive and concerns, among others, QU oversight, handling of out-of-specification (OOS) results, identity testing, and laboratory controls in general.

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25.07.23

EDQM: Policy for CEP Applications published for Comments

In June, the draft Certification Policy Document PA/PH/CEP(04) 1, 6R "Content of the dossier for CEP applications for chemical purity and microbiological quality of substances for pharmaceutical use" was published on the EDQM website for comments. Comments and remarks on this draft can be submitted until 15 September 2023.

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20.07.23

Ph. Eur. Monographs for Cannabis Flower and CBD adopted

The EDQM recently announced that the final Ph. Eur. Monographs for Cannabis flower and Cannabidiol (CBD) will be published in Ph. Eur. Supplement 11.5 with an implementation date of 1 July 2024. Will it be a step forward to EU harmonization of Quality Requirements?

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20.07.23

Ph. Eur. Update on Pharmaceutical Preparations

A revised version of the Ph. Eur. general monograph Pharmaceutical Preparations has been published. In particular a reference to the general Ph. Eur. chapter Contaminant pyrrolizidine alkaloids (2.8.26) has been added.

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19.07.23

FDA Warning Letter issued due to no response

In June 2023, the U.S. FDA issued a Warning Letter to the Chinese company "Chengdu KeCheng Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.". According to the Warning Letter, the company is registered within the USA as an API manufacturing facility, which shipped APIs to the U.S. several times.

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19.07.23

EMA publishes new and updated product-specific Bioequivalence Guidance

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published new or updated product-specific guidelines for the demonstration of bioequivalence.

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19.07.23

Auxiliary Packaging Components

The USP adopted the revised general chapter <670> Auxiliary Packaging Components. In particular a new category "odor adsorbent" has been added.

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11.07.23

How to determine the Protective Properties of Amber Glass Containers?

Colored glass containers are usually used to contain light-sensitive drug products. A previously issued USP Stimuli Article on the measurement of the protective properties of colored glass containers has now been republished. The article provides proposed maximum allowed specific transmission values for colored glass containers.

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11.07.23

Pharmeuropa: Revised Chapter 2.2.47. "Capillary electrophoresis" published for Comments

In the Pharmeuropa issue 35.3, a proposal for a revised chapter 2.2.47 "Capillary electrophoresis" was published. The deadline for submitting comments is 30 September 2023.

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27.06.23

New Edition of the Herbal Guide

The EDQM has published a new edition of the Guide for the elaboration of monographs on herbal drugs and herbal drug preparations. The Guide provides general guidance on the structure of Ph. Eur. monographs of herbal drugs and herbal drug preparations and on the information to be included in them. In addition, principles for the preparation and revision of herbal monographs are explained.

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27.06.23

Cannabis Reference Standards DAB

The amended German Pharmacopoeia (Deutsches Arzneibuch, DAB) is valid from 1 August 2023. The DAB 2023 now includes several revised texts for Cannabis reagents.

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21.06.23

Korean MFSD publishes Revision 7 of Comparative Dissolution Test Guideline

The Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has revised the "Guidelines for Comparative Dissolution Test". A new version dated 18 May 2023 was published.

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