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Article Bioburden Control in the Biopharmaceutical Industry
According to FDA’s definition, an “adulterated” pharmaceutical product is one which is manufactured under non-cGMP conditions. Even if the product itself meets specifications, it is still considered “…

Article Continuous Manufacturing: A Changing Processing Paradigm
GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Genzyme, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, Samsung BioLogics, and Novartis AG are among the pharmaceutical companies and contract organizations building or expandi…

Article Healthcare Reform in China
This move is in line with China’s Opinions on Deepening Pharmaceutical and Healthcare System Reform, whereby the government committed $138 billion between 2009 and 2011. After the plan’s implementatio…

Article EMA Collaborates with HTA Assessment Networks
Gaining access to Europe’s pharmaceutical markets has become a multi-stage operation. The licensing of a new drug is only a preliminary step in what can be a lengthy and complex procedure for some pha…

Article Determining Criticality-Process Parameters and Quality Attributes Part I: Criticality as a Continuum
As the pharmaceutical industry tries to embrace the methodologies of quality by design (QbD) provided by the FDA’s process validation (PV) guidance (1) and International Conference on Harmonization (I…

Article Report from India
Under this new regime, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy 2012 will regulate prices of 348 drugs covered under the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) 2011 compared with 74 drugs in th…

Article Sterilization Trends for Single-Use Consumables
The driver behind this trend stems back to a Form 483 issued by FDA (4) indicating that the pharmaceutical manufacturer may not have understood or challenged the statement on a supplier certificate st…

Article Track-and-Trace Progress Benefits Supply-Chain Security Efforts
Globally, GS1 works with pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, retail pharmacies, hospital dispensaries, trade associations, and regulatory agencies to help advance track-and-trace …

Article Drug Quality Key to Innovation and Access
A broad industry group adopted guidelines on using the Electronic Product Code Information Services (EPCIS) for lot-level management and item-level traceability of pharmaceuticals (3). Achieving stand…

Article Cleaning of Dedicated Equipment: Why Validation is Needed
By Cristina Baccarelli, Paola Bernard, Teresa Cortellino, Oscar Cruciani, Rita Pacello, Chiara Parisi, Luisa Stoppa, Isabella Marta  Cleaning of pharmaceutical equipment is essential to reduce the…

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