The 13th annual WRIB (Workshop on Recent Issues of Bioanalysis) was held in New Orleans, LA this week and is wrapping up today. The workshop was well represented by regulators and industry (both from Pharma and CROs), with numerous discussions and topics for the bioanalysis of small and large molecules. Presentations covered the full spectrum […]
Over the last two days, the FDA has announced the recall of two products from two different companies (here and here), each due to the presence of particulate matter in the product. One was confirmed as glass particles and the other as a copper salt (particulates seen at the twelve-month stability station). This is reminiscent […]
Today, the FDA issued a guidance titled Quality Considerations for Continuous Manufacturing (here). Talk about a controversial proposition! The generic industry has long held that implementation of continuous manufacturing might not be appropriate for their business. Why? I am not always clear on the answer to that question, but change is always difficult, especially when […]
Recently, the ICH has communicated the intention to develop a new ICH Quality Guideline, ICH Q14, on Analytical Procedure Development, and revise the ICH Q2(R1) Guideline on Validation of Analytical Procedures (here), where ultimately both documents may be combined into one document. This is welcome news as ICH Q2(R1) is long overdue for revision (current […]
To all of our readers – Have a happy holiday season and a very happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year. The Lachman blog will be taking a break over the holiday starting Friday, December 21st (unless something extremely urgent occurs) and I hope that all of you will rejoin me in the New Year as […]
Today, the FDA made final and released a revision to a 2016 draft guidance titled Data Integrity and Compliance With Drug CGMP Questions and Answers (here). The document was revised “based on comments made to the draft as well as requests for FDA thinking on current best practices and additional examples.” The guidance does have […]
While the FDA does appear to listen rather intently to comments on its bioequivalence (BE) draft guidances, and will occasionally reopen comment periods, it is still the exception rather than the rule. Today a Federal Register (FR) notice (here) announced another sixty-day comment period during which such comments will be entertained. The FR notice explains […]
In a time that we find ourselves so busy, who has time to attend a conference? That was my initial thought, but when asked to speak at the conference, it became clear that this would be a unique opportunity to better understand the regulatory landscape while surrounded by members of India pharma and in the […]
The DIA Complex Drug-Device Combination Workshop was held at Sheraton Silver Spring on October 9‑10, 2018. The second day’s discussion was dominated by issues related to transdermal systems and intrauterine devices. The presenters on the second day were mostly from the FDA, with a few from academia and CROs. The FDA presenters focused on quality expectations […]
The DIA Complex Drug-Device Combination Workshop is being held at the Sheraton Silver Spring during October 9‑10, 2018. The first day of the conference dealt with the regulatory aspects of the generic submissions for these kinds of products, and discussions on clinical aspects related to complex generics, with a focus on inhalation products. The meeting was […]
