Stability Studies to Support Shipping/Distribution of Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals - Online Training Recording
Course No. 22613
Speakers
Dr. Raphael Bar
BR Consulting
Dr. Thomas Fürst
Boehringer Ingelheim
Objectives
This Live Online Training will give an overview of tools that a Qualified Person (QP), Quality Assurance personnel or a Product Manager/Manufacturer should have in order to evaluate the impact of excursions from the storage label instructions on the disposition of distributed shipments of pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical products.
Background
The formal stability studies of pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals are a well-established discipline and they are regularly conducted at precisely monitored conditions of temperature (within 2 °C) and of humidity (within 5% RH) under cGMP. However, the inevitable processes of shipping and distributing medicines from the manufacturer to wholesaler to warehouses to the end user via air, ship or car exposes often the shipments to temperatures and humidity different from the label storage conditions. For instance, how would you handle a shipment that was exposed to a varying temperature up to 61oC in the airport for an accumulated duration of several days? How would you evaluate the quality of a refrigerated injectable that was exposed to near zero or freezing temperatures for a few hours? Would you release or reject such a shipment which may cost hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Shipping/distribution of a medicine is considered a “mobile storage”. However, a temperature excursion outside the label instructions may also be considered a ‘trauma” inflicted on the medicine and this may impact the quality of the newly arrived shipments. But, the big question remains: how would that ‘trauma” affect the quality at the end of the declared shelf life of any pharmaceutical and of a biopharmaceutical in particular? Will the long-term impact lead to a “hidden OOS”? This training will address these aspects. In addition, the course also includes two case studies and a session with video presentations. Further, a set of Q&A sessions will follow the lectures. Thus, take advantage of this opportunity to pose your questions.
Target Group
This Live Online Training will be of significant value to
Qualified Persons
Quality Assurance personnel
Pharmacists
Project coordinators/product managers
Stability testing personnel
Stability program logistics personnel
R&D personnel involved in product development
Date & Technical Requirements
To participate in an on demand training course or webinar, you do not need any software. The recordings are made available via a streaming server. In general, the recording is provided in MP4 format, which any PC (Microsoft Windows, Apple IOS) or tablet can easily display.
Timing and Duration: When you register for the on demand Training course or webinar you can decide at what date you want to follow the training course online. For a 1-day training course you will have 2 days in which the stream is available (for 2-day training course 3 days and for a 3-day training course 4 days). Within in this timeframe you can start & stop the stream according to your needs.
In time before the scheduled date (your desired date) you will receive an e-mail from us with a link for direct participation as well as your log-in data.
Please be aware: The recording does not include the Q & A sessions.
Training Course Documentation and Certificate: The presentation will be made available as PDF-files via download during the online training course. After the successful completion of the online training, you are able to download the certificate of attendance.
Programme
Overview of Stability Programs and Storage Statements
Stability studies and development phases
Long-term and accelerated storage conditions of new drug substances and products (EU, USA)
Stability storage programs for generic drugs (EU, USA)
Specific storage statements (EU, WHO, USP)
Labelling statements for various pharmaceuticals
Mean Kinetic Temperature (MKT) and World Climatic Zones/Uses and Misuses of MKT
Mean Kinetic Temperature (MKT) and relative humidity
Interpretation of MKT
MKT from temperature loggers
Stress Studies of Pharmaceuticals
Degradation reactions
Stressing factors and conditions
Stress studies in the pharmaceutical industry
Stability Studies to Support Shipping/Distribution of Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals
Stress testing vs Forced Degradations
Studies at elevated extreme temperatures
Studies at low extreme conditions
When, how and what?
Thermal Cyclic studies
What attributes to test
Cycling Studies: Case Study
Excursions during Shipping and Distributions
“Time-out-of-Storage” and stability budget“ Concept
Handling an excursion
Investigating Excursions during Shipping and Distributions
What stability data are required to investigate temperature excursions
Responsibilities of manufacturer, distributor and QP
Video Presentations
Evaluation of the Impact of Temperature Excursions
Estimation of the impact by the excursion temperature on the quality Attribute
Estimation of the quality attribute at the end of shelflife/retest date
Handling of Excursions: Case Studies
Recording from 10/11 September 2025 Duration of the recording: approx. 7 h 30 min
This course is part of the GMP Certification Programme "ECA Certified Quality Control Manager" Learn more
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