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15 Days of Panic: You Received FDA Form 483 Warning Letter, Now What?

Remember the last time you were pulled over by the police? Maybe you had a taillight out. Perhaps you were speeding. You may have believed that you had done nothing wrong. Regardless of the specific situation, you probably panicked a little. It's human nature to panic when the law enforcement (or...

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Post-Validation: Gate Nine of the Nine Gate Transfer Process

As the pharmaceutical supply chain evolves, at some point product/technology transfers will become part of the improvement process. When transferring production from site to site, an array of complex...

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Manage Speaker Program Risk More Effectively with a Needs Assessment

Over the past several years, pharmaceutical company Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs) have routinely required needs assessments in connection with the engagement of healthcare professionals...

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Quality System Professionals: Learn how to Speak “Executive-ese”

It is amazing to me that more C-Level Executives do not perceive their Quality Systems as a powerful vehicle to reduce costs, improve productivity, and benefit their bottom line. Rather than embrace...

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FDA Thinking on Biosimilar Immunogenicity Issues - A Case Study Based on the Enoxaparin ANDA Approval

Following extensive marketing of Lovenox® (enoxaparin sodium), a low-molecular weight heparin, a number of biosimilar versions of enoxaparin and one ANDA-approved formulation (enoxaparin sodium,...

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GAMP® 5 Basis for Quality System Compliance

Next week I’ll be in San Francisco conducting an ISPE training class on Risk Based Approach to GxP Process Control Systems. Attendees will include employees from a variety of regulated life cycle...

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Process Validation: Gate Eight of the Nine Gate Transfer Process

Today we have the next phase of the Nine Gate Transfer Process: Gate 8 Process Validation. To review the previous steps before continuing, examine Gates 1-7 here: Gate 1: Assessment Gate 2:...

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Cleaning Disaster or True Worst Case?

How robust are your cleaning validation measures? Could your storage procedures withstand the impacts of a fire within your facility, or would such a disaster set back your production time...

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Improving Computerized System Quality Through Design Verification

Unverified Design – An Example For those of us who travel routinely, one of the most sought-after treasures in the typical airport terminal is an electrical outlet. With our dependency on mobile...

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Corporate Compliance Program: How Does Your Program Measure Up?

At the recent Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress (PCC), Zane Memeger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania stated that one of the key questions that a company should ask about its...

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Understanding Statistical Intervals: Part 2 - Prediction Intervals

Part 1 of this series discussed confidence intervals. Confidence intervals are the best known of the statistical intervals but they only bound regions associated with population parameters; i.e., the...

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FDA’s Expedited Programs Explained

In order to incentivize the development of therapies (drugs biologics) to fill unmet medical needs for treatment of serious conditions, the FDA has developed various programs to expedite drug...

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A Guide to the Clinical Study Report

What is a Clinical Study Report? A Clinical Study Report (CSR) is a document that describes the methods and results of a clinical study or trial, along with a short discussion of key findings related...

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Medical Information

What are Patient Support Programs?

Patient Support Programs (PSPs) in the pharmaceutical sector represent an array of aimed at supporting patients in initiating therapy and maintaining adherence. PSPs, also known as Patient Assistance...

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How Important is Biostatistics?

The link between statistical methods and healthcare is not a new one, but the volume of available data to inform healthcare decisions and the use of data science in the medical industry has exploded...

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Regulatory Sciences

Formal FDA Meetings for Sponsors or Applications of PDUFA Products

This article has been updated since its original February 28, 2017 publication. Since the introduction of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII for fiscal years 2023 - 2027, the FDA...

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