Featured Pharma Online Editorial
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Best Practices For Designing Microbiology Experiments
6/23/2021
A sound scientific approach can be taken for running experiments and qualification of microbiological methods. This article looks at factors to consider in drawing up assessment criteria for a microbiological test, including the limit of detection, specificity, and quantification.
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Synthetic Oligonucleotides: Regulatory, Analytical & Manufacturing Considerations
5/28/2021
In early March 2021, more than 300 professionals in regulatory, industry, and academic roles attended the USP's virtual Workshop on Therapeutic Peptides and Oligonucleotides. Building on regulatory considerations and control strategies, the workshop explored innovative techniques being used to analyze synthetic oligonucleotides, ensure quality, and reduce waste.
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A LIMS Audit Framework: What To Audit & How To Prepare
5/24/2021
Laboratory information management systems (LIMS) are inevitably the subject of regulatory focus and audit. This article considers what to audit and how to audit a LIMS, presenting a framework useful to those planning to undertake a LIMS audit and for laboratory managers who need to prepare.
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Are You Approaching LIMS Validation Correctly?
4/26/2021
Laboratory information management systems (LIMS) are an established part of larger laboratories. However, different LIMS vary in their scale, functionality, and quality. This article considers the essential validation criteria for LIMS to ensure the system functions as a compliant component in the digital backbone of the modern laboratory.
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Using System Risk Structures To Understand And Balance Risk/Benefit Trade-offs
4/23/2021
The ICH 31000 guidance defines a risk as the “impact of uncertainty on objectives.” As a follow-up to his article on why we should replace the RPN with the adjusted risk likelihood (ARL), Mark Witcher describes how system risk structures can be used to simultaneously understand and manage both risks and benefits.
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How to Ensure Your Quality Culture Assures Data Integrity
4/14/2021
One solution to ensuring data integrity is to automate the process, essentially removing the human element. But not all instances of data generation/capture can or should be automated. With humans – our team members – engaged in data generation/capture, the quality culture is a major pathway to assuring our data have integrity.
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Rating Risk Events: Why Adjusted Risk Likelihood (ARL) Should Replace Risk Priority Number (RPN)
4/7/2021
While the RPN primarily represents a risk event’s severity, perhaps a more important attribute to focus on is the risk event’s likelihood of occurrence. In this provocative article, Mark Witcher, Ph.D., proposes an adjusted risk likelihood rating approach that emphasizes a risk event’s likelihood of occurrence.
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Establishing An Effective Calibration Program
3/15/2021
Calibration is the comparison of inspection, measuring, and test equipment against a traceable reference device to determine if accuracy and precision limits are met. It is one of the fundamental, yet often neglected requirements for GMP. Several international standards, regulations, and guidances provide requirements for an effective calibration program.
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Applying QbD To Incorporate Excipients Into Drug Lifecycle Management
3/10/2021
This article is the third in a three-part series based on information from the new guide Incorporation of Pharmaceutical Excipients into Product Development using Quality-by-Design, published by the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council Federation (IPEC Federation). In addition to life cycle management, the article delves into continued monitoring, multivariate analysis, continued product verification, and more.
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Integrating Excipients Into QbD For Drug Development: Understanding Drift & Critical Material Attributes
3/3/2021
This article is the second in a three-part series based on information from the new guide Incorporation of Pharmaceutical Excipients into Product Development using Quality-by-Design, published by the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council Federation (IPEC Federation). Learn about product, process, and excipient drift, as well as critical material attributes.