There has been turmoil in the world; everything seems to have gone crazy. It’s hard to find faith or even truth in our politicians. Laws have been broken and our democracy was almost broken. But, with the 2022 mid‑year election, we seem to have taken a step back from the precipice. In thinking about our […]
The 17th Annual FDA Inspections Summit kicked off with high energy by keynote speaker Elizabeth Miller, Pharm.D., Assistant Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco Operations Regulatory Affairs who presented on the FDA perspective on inspections. As the entire world emerges from the pandemic, it was reported that the ORA is holding “listening sessions” to see […]
Day two of the Association of Accessible Medicine (AAM) Generics and Biosimilars Conference, which took place on November 8, 2022, started with plenary session presentations from Dr. Susan Rosencrance, Acting Director, Office of Generic Drugs (OGD), Dr. Michael Kopcha, Director, Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ), and Donald Ashley, JD, Director, Office of Compliance (OC) with the FDA. […]
Two years after the FDA guidance on Control of Nitrosamines Impurities in Human Drugs and nearly a year after the publication of USP’s General Chapter <1469> Nitrosamine Impurities, where are we now and what have we learned? That was a question posed recently at the Association of Accessible Medicine’s GRx+Biosims 2022 conference. The session devoted […]
Is a mature pharmaceutical quality system really a competitive advantage? The industry held this as a belief, but progress in a tangible program was always elusive. On November 2nd, the CDER’s advisory committee, Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical Pharmacology Advisory Committee (PSCP‑AC), voted to establish a Quality Management Maturity (QMM) program to incentivize investments in mature […]
This year’s ISPE Annual Meeting and Expo in Orlando highlighted a number of key topics and trends in our industry’s digitization journey. These covered everything from industry progress with manufacturing and laboratory automation and digitization to trends in new technologies like blockchain and ways to modernize quality organization and systems to be digital future ready. […]
Data integrity is not only fundamental to a company’s license to operate and to drive new stakeholder value. It’s simply smart business. Does your company have a sustainable, cost-effective global data governance program? Get the answers you need. Watch the following video and talk to Lachman Consultants. The primary purpose of this message is solely […]
The 2022 PDA Universe of Pre-Filled Syringes and Injection Devices conference was held in Palm Springs, CA, October 18-19, 2022. In attendance were some of the world’s largest providers in this combination space which included innovators, pharmaceutical companies, suppliers of injectable devices and contracted service providers. The conference speakers presented on a variety of topics […]
For those facilities compounding drug products and distributing them out of state, the FDA has extended the statutory enforcement date. On the Federal Register prepublication page this morning, the Agency announced that it is “extending the period before FDA intends to begin enforcing the statutory 5 percent limit on distribution of compounded human drug products […]
A strong organizational culture is essential for maintaining the quality and integrity of your company’s data. Does your company have a data-integrity-centric culture? Get the answers you need. Watch the following video and talk to Lachman Consultants. The primary purpose of this message is solely to educate and inform. Lachman Consultants Services, Inc. assumes no […]