SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | August 2020

By Laurel Hacche and Debra Cortner, SQA Associates European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) Recombinant Factor C: New Ph. Eur. Chapter, 01 July 2020 Published in Ph. Eur. Supplement 10.3, the new general chapter 2.6.32., “Test for bacterial endotoxins using recombinant factor C,” describes a test for bacterial endotoxins (BET) that can be used as an alternative to the […]

SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | July 2020

By Laurel Hacche and Debra Cortner, SQA Associates European Medicines Agenda (EMA) Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) News – EMA: Final Assessment Report on Nitrosamines, 22 July 2020 The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the EMA published a final assessment report on nitrosamine impurities on 25 June 2020. The report calls on […]

SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | June 2020

By Laurel Hacche and Debra Cortner, SQA Associates United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) Guidances Patient-Focused Drug Development: Collecting Comprehensive and Representative Input, June 2020 US FDA is publishing a series of guidances (a total of four) intended to facilitate the advancement and use of systematic approaches to collect and use robust and […]