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Quality by design with a focus on biosimilars

Pharmaceutical Technology

QbD principles are woven into regulatory guidance documents, primarily guidances Q8 to Q11 of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). This presents an obvious financial benefit in the form of cost savings and helps guarantee the safety and reliability of the final product.

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What’s next for Container Closure Integrity Testing?

Pharmaceutical Technology

A vitally important assay used across various stages of drug development and manufacturing, container closure integrity testing (CCIT) involves evaluating packaging systems to determine their ability to protect the stability and sterility of pharmaceutical products. The evolution of CCIT. Many test methods have thus been developed.

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FDA issues continuous manufacturing advice to build an agile pharma industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

On 1 March, the FDA issued the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) final guidance on the use of continuous manufacturing in drug production. This publication marks the FDA’s proactive steps to ease the pharmaceutical’s industry transition to these advanced processes, states the announcement.