Quality & Compliance
Analytical Method Transfer Checklist
As you plan for an upcoming Tech Transfer, have you considered if you are appropriately prepared to conduct an analytical method transfer? With the simple analytical method transfer checklist...
Data Integrity in Clinical Research: Audit Trail Review as a Key Tool
Data Integrity in Clinical Research: Audit Trail Review as a Key Tool A recent position paper from the eClinical Forum and the Society for Clinical Data Management highlighted the value of audit...
Is Your Technical Transfer Process Aligned with Process Validation Requirements?
There has been a lot of discussion recently concerning process validation and technology transfer, including utilizing virtual technology transfers to quickly move products through the development...
Clinical Research Solutions
A Guide to the Clinical Study Report
What is a Clinical Study Report? A Clinical Study Report (CSR) is a document that describes the methods and results of a clinical study or trial, along with a short discussion of key findings related...
Clinical Research Solutions
The Role of Clinical Data and Clinical Data Science
Clinical data and its analysis are critical to clinical research. Ensuring the overall quality of clinical data is then paramount to ensuring quality care and appropriate decision-making in the...
Quality & Compliance
Pharmaceutical Tech Transfer Best Practices - A Quality Perspective
About 15 years ago, I was a project management director responsible for moving monoclonal antibodies (MABs) from Phase III clinical to commercial manufacturing. I had the distinct pleasure of working...
Why Drug Approvals Are Never Slam Dunks
It's the FDA, Not the NBA Aside from being a spectacular thing to watch, the slam dunk is the highest percentage shot a basketball player can take. The likelihood of getting the ball in the basket is...
Clinical Research Solutions
Filing Using Registry-Based Studies? EMA Issues Draft Guidance
Recruiting clinical studies in a niche disease area can be challenging, but disease registries can provide the solution. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued draft guidance on how...
Uncover Opportunities for Improvement with an Annual Product Review
The Annual Product Review (APR), also known as the Annual Product Quality Review (APQR), is required for marketed products in an FDA-regulated environment. You may ask, “Why would I want to perform...
Is Your Pharmacovigilance Team Ready for Brexit?
As we approach the final months of 2020, the pharmaceutical world begins, once again, to focus its thoughts on the impact of Brexit, not least in the world of pharmacovigilance. Of course, the UK has...
Clinical Research Solutions
EudraLex Volume 4, Annex 1 Update: What You Need to Know
EudraLex Volume 4, Annex 1 provides guidance for the manufacturing of sterile medicinal products that are intended for the European market. It has been updated several times, with the latest revision...
Clinical Research Solutions
5 Ways the Medical Industry is Using Data Science
In the era of technological disruption, data science is a disruptor for the books. Today’s data scientists develop processes, algorithms, and systems to mine structured and unstructured data with the...
How to Prepare for Laboratory Partner Selection during CBD Product Development
The interest in developing consumer products or therapies derived from Cannabis or CBD is continuously growing. As these new products come to market, there is increasing need to comply with...
Clinical Research Solutions
How Many Observations are Hiding in Your Quality System?
Reflecting on 2020, we have become accustomed to the global shift into a world of virtual, remote, restricted, and paused. One no longer flinches when hearing that something has been modified,...
Quality & Compliance
6 Tips to Prepare Your Medical Cannabis Facility for Inspection
You may be considering building a new facility for growing, harvesting, and processing medical cannabis, or perhaps you have an existing facility and want to export to the European Union. What should...
Regulatory Strategy in Pharma & Biotech Submissions Trial Design
Drug development can be a protracted and multifaceted process. This is often the case for startups and newer organizations, which may not have dedicated regulatory compliance departments and...