Quality control and quality assurance are two essential concepts that help ensure the safety and quality of the finished products. While both concepts share the same goal of maintaining high standards, they approach this goal in different ways. Quality control involves inspecting and testing products at various stages of production to ensure that they meet…
IPC are checks that are carried out during manufacturing process running and/or before the manufacturing process is completed. The function of in-process controls is in-process monitoring in order to comply with the specifications. This may include control of equipment and environment too. In-process materials should be tested for identity, strength, quality and purity as appropriate…
Each pharmaceutical manufacturer shall establish and maintain procedures for implementing corrective and preventive action (CAPA). And the procedures must ensure all requirements of CAPA subsystem are met. CAPA Subsystem in Context CAPA Process CAPA Sources Internal Sources External Sources CAPA Process Steps 1. Analyze Data Ensure all quality data sources are defined and analyzed to…
OOS and OOT are two common terms in pharmaceutical quality control laboratory. In this article we mention the similarities and differences between Out of Specifications (OOS) and Out of Trend (OOT) Similarities between Out of Specifications (OOS) and Out of Trend (OOT) a. Both OOS and OOT are conducted in the pharmaceutical industry to identify…
Vendor audit is an evaluation of a vendor manufacturing process, practices, documentations and quality compliance by offline (physical) or online (desktop). Conducting a vendor audit in the pharmaceutical industry is an essential process to ensure that suppliers and vendors meet the required standards and regulations. Vendor Audit Process Define Audit Scope Determine the scope and…
CAPA is a fundamental quality management tool for pharmaceutical industry. Implementing an effective corrective or preventive action capable of satisfying regulatory authorities also. Corrective Action The action was taken to rectify, fix or correct a specific deviation, defect or undesirable situation. Preventive Action The action was taken to eliminate the cause of deviation, defect, or…
A raw material specification is defined as a list of tests, references to analytical procedures, and appropriate acceptance criteria which are numerical limits, ranges, or other criteria for the tests described. When a specification is first proposed, justification should be presented for each procedure and each acceptance criterion included. The justification should refer to relevant…
As per ICH Guideline,A specification is defined as a list of tests, references to analytical procedures, and appropriate acceptance criteria which are numerical limits, ranges, or other criteria for the tests described. When a specification is first proposed, justification should be presented for each procedure and each acceptance criterion included. The justification should refer to…
An annual product review (APR) should be conducted for every commercial product in pharmaceutical industry. The objective of this review is to: APR Relationship to the Quality System SOP for Annual Product Review (APR) Table of Contents Scope and Objectives 1. Applied separately to each product, or product groups, annually. Grouping shall be justified. 2….
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 such a supplier qualification program…