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APIC Guidance on the Risk Assessment for Presence of N-Nitrosamines in APIs
The EMA and other Health authorities have published requirements (EMA/189634/2019) and Health Canada Letter for the API industry and the MAH for drug products to expand the scope of potential sources of nitrosamines beyond that of ICH M7. This requirement is based on the fact that, as the Industry and ... Read More
APIC Guidance on Aspects of Cleaning Validation in API Plant
This guidance document was published by the APIC Cleaning Validation Task Force on behalf of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Committee (APIC) of CEFIC for cleaning validation in active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing plants. Six specific areas are addressed in this Guidance document: Acceptance Criteria Companies must demonstrate during cleaning validation that ... Read More
Quality Agreement Guidelines and Template
One of the biggest issues facing the pharmaceutical industry and patients today is quality, integrity and security of the pharmaceutical supply chain, preventing contamination (adulteration) and eliminating counterfeits. A suitable Supplier Qualification Program has hence to be implemented by each user of purchased APIs (or intermediates). A major element of ... Read More
Frequently Asked Questions on Data Integrity
This article contains a collection of frequently asked questions that have been submitted by the industry to the APIC DI taskforce. Which is divided into following sections: Q1. What is the difference between a digital and an e-signature? A digital signature is attached to an electronic file and not maintained ... Read More