
PDA Technical Glossary
PDA Technical Reports are highly valued membership benefits because they offer expert guidance and opinions on important scientific and regulatory topics and are used as essential references by industry and regulatory authorities around the world. These reports include terms which explain the material and enhance the reader’s understanding.
The database presented here includes the glossary terms from all current technical reports. The database is searchable by keyword, topic, or by technical report. Each definition provided includes a link to the source technical report within the PDA Technical Report Portal.
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Process Characterization
Studies performed during process development to establish acceptable ranges for key input variables and critical operational parameters that define the process design space. (TR56)
A study that evaluates the process to increase process knowledge and examines proposed ranges and their individual and/or combined impact on target protein quality. Process characterization studies include deliberate variation of parameters to determine their effect on product quality attributes, often conducted as small-scale studies. (Also known as process evaluation studies, process justification studies, engineering studies, development studies, robustness studies, or process design studies. (TR60)