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This American National Standard (ANS) evaluates various guidance documents, models, and tools to measure and provide a better understanding of quality culture for the pharmaceutical/medical device industry. The standard identifies 5 key focus topics with attributes, characteristics, and measurements …

PDA Technical Report No. 46 (Revised 2024): Last Mile: Guidance for Good Distribution Practices for Pharmaceutical Products to End Users complements the information provided in Technical Report No. 39 (Revised 2021): Guidance for Temperature-Controlled Medicinal Products — Maintaining the Quality …

PDA Technical Report No. 68: Risk-Based Approach for Prevention and Management of Drug Shortages was originally developed in 2014. The approach to risk-based prevention of drug shortages presented in this revision remains unchanged. This revision focuses on updating references and progress related …

This technical report aims to provide a standardized approach to the technology transfer process. It supplies a matrixed "Reference Guide to Technology Transfer Activities and Deliverables," which can be used to coordinate cross-functional technology transfer activities that help achieve operational …

In this book you will find many different approaches to conducting compliant investigations, where compliant is defined as meeting the requirements of the applicable regulatory documents. The information it provides on conducting investigations that will be acceptable to regulatory investigators will …

This first-of-two volume release from prolific author Tim Sandle fills an important void by taking an in-depth look at the way digital technologies are impacting the pharmaceutical and healthcare landscape both now and into the future. He explores how companies have been embracing digital technologies …

This first-of-two volume release from prolific author Tim Sandle fills an important void by taking an in-depth look at the way digital technologies are impacting the pharmaceutical and healthcare landscape both now and into the future. He explores how companies have been embracing digital technologies …

PDA's Points to Consider for Risks Associated with Sterilizing Grade Filters and Sterilizing Filtration summarizes the processes and outcomes of the risk Assessment and control mapping exercises performed as part of the PDA/BioPhorum Sterilizing Filtration Quality Risk Management Consortium. It describes …

Focusing on important regulatory and technical updates surrounding isolator design, validation, and operations for aseptic processing, this Points to Consider addresses two primary types of isolators - open and closed - and is intended to support identification and use of modern technology. It does not …

From this book, you will learn a systematic, step-by-step approach for validating configurable off-the-shelf software that generates data or controls information about products and processes subject to regulations. You will also get access to templates the authors have used as training tools for more …

From this book, you will learn a systematic, step-by-step approach for validating configurable off-the-shelf software that generates data or controls information about products and processes subject to regulations. You will also get access to templates the authors have used as training tools for more …

Are you prepared for recalls relating to pharmaceutical and healthcare medications and medical devices? This book contains details about recalls from start to finish, including advice on how to handle a recall and, more importantly, how they can be avoided. Read about regulatory perspectives, trends …

This chapter is reprinted and available individually from Good Distribution Practice: A Handbook for Healthcare Manufacturers and Suppliers, Volume 1 edited by Siegfried Schmitt, a text that collects in one place invaluable and comprehensive regulatory, manufacturing and distribution guidance and …

This chapter is reprinted and available individually from Good Distribution Practice: A Handbook for Healthcare Manufacturers and Suppliers, Volume 1 edited by Siegfried Schmitt, a text that collects in one place invaluable and comprehensive regulatory, manufacturing and distribution guidance and …

The best way to handle Warning Letters issued by the U.S. FDA is to prevent them. This text identifies and discusses those Letters recently issued, offers analysis, and provides guidance to help readers avoid receiving such a letter.In addition to the Warning Letter summaries there is discussion of …

PDA Technical Report No. 54-6, Risk Assessment for Excipients, is the sixth technical report (TR) in the TR 54 series related to various aspects of Quality Risk Management (QRM). It was developed to provide additional guidance on the excipient risk assessment process required by the European Commission …

Following an introduction to the subject of Good Distribution Practice (GDP), in the second volume, dive into supply-chain risk mitigation, serialization, and packaging as it relates to risk assessments. This text and its companion Volume 1 will help drive down costs and improve efficiency.Available …

Following an introduction to the subject of Good Distribution Practice (GDP), the first volume of this book covers key topics related to five main points: the applicable GDP regulations worldwide, including serialization; an overview of the requirements of Qualified Persons and Responsible Persons in …

The 2017 PDA Glass Quality Survey is designed to assist in the identification of glass container quality concerns and development of solutions to overcoming them. Survey topics include glass sampling and inspection practices, product complaints and recalls due to glass defects, and quality …

PDA Technical Report No. 79, Particulate Matter Control in Difficult to Inspect Parenterals describes best practices for difficult to inspect parenteral (DIP) product lifecycle management, destructive testing, and trending to supplement portions of the guidance given in USP General …