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Bio-Link Summer Fellows Forum 2013
Vivian Ngan-Winward, PhD, CMQ/OE
WORKING IN A
REGULATED ENVIRONMENT
– ARE YOUR
BIOTECH STUDENTS
PREPARED?
- 2. THIS WORKSHOP COVERS . . .
Overview of a regulated environment
Basics of FDA regulations
How biotech companies comply
Common FDA inspection observations
How to prepare students for
Working in a regulated environment
Making contributions toward compliance
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- 4. 4
BIOTECH PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE
Idea
Research &
Development
[„Proof of
Concept‟]
Prototyping
/ Pilot Plant
[Validation &
Smaller
Scale
Production]
Manufacturing
[Mass / Large
Scale
Production] Consumer
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Business strategy :
Develop for manufacturability
Initiate compliance efforts at the idea stage
(identify market)
- 5. MARKETING PRODUCTS
Requires FDA approval / clearance
Pre-clinical & clinical trials
Submit application
Include data to support :
o Product claims
o Product safety
Approval / clearance given by appropriate
FDA center with oversight for product type
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WHY THE NEED FOR
REGULATIONS ?
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- 7. . . . LESSONS FROM THE PAST
7
1800’s
Poor meat-packing conditions →
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle
Federal Food and Drug Act →
first regulation of product labeling
1960
Federal Food, Drug, & Cosmetic (FD&C) Act
USDA Bureau of Chemistry →
Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration (to FDA in 1930)
Misbranding (e.g. labeling is false or misleading) :
food, “tonics”, “elixirs of life”
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1906
1938
1927
Sulfanilamide elixir disaster : 107 deaths !!!1937
Application for Kevadon denied (Frances Kelsey);
thalidomide disaster in Europe (1961-1962)
- 8. . . . LESSONS FROM THE PAST
(CONT.)
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FD&C Act Medical Device Amendments
GXPs
GMP for Blood & Blood components –
21 CFR 606 (1975)
GMP for Drugs - 21 CFR 210 & 211 (1978)
GLP – 21 CFR 58 (1978) for pre-clinical studies
GMP for Food – 21 CFR 110 (1986)
GMP for Medical Devices [QSR] – 21 CFR 820 (1996)
GMP for Dietary Supplements – 21 CFR 111 (2007)
1970’s
- now
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1976
FD&C Act Kefauver-Harris Amendments1962
Dalkon Shield disaster1971
- 9. A CLOSER LOOK –
FD&C ACT (1938)
Extended control to cosmetics and therapeutic devices
Required new drugs to be shown safe before marketing
Eliminated Sherley Amendment requirement (to prove
intent to defraud in drug misbranding cases)
Provided for safe tolerances be set for unavoidable
poisonous substances
Authorized standards of identity, quality, and fill-of-
container for foods
Authorized factory inspections
Added of court injunctions to the penalties
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- 10. A CLOSER LOOK –
KEFAUVER-HARRIS AMD. (1962)
Required manufacturers to provide evidence that
proposed drugs were both safe and effective,
demonstrated by adequate and well-controlled clinical
investigations conducted by qualified experts
Required FDA evaluation of new drug applications (180
days); applications would no longer become
automatically effective
Required affirmative FDA decision of new drugs before
marketing
Required manufacturers to maintain records of adverse
drug events and to report these promptly to FDA
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- 11. BENEFITS OF REGULATIONS
Sets standards for manufacturers and
expectations for their products
Protects the public: some assurance of
safety and efficacy
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- 12. REGULATIONS REFERENCES
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FDA : What We Do : History
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWe
Do/History/default.htm
Sinclair (1906) The Jungle
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- 13. STUDENT PREPARATION IDEAS
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Discussion on an aspect of regulations
history
Research / presentation on one of the
product “disasters”
Goal: orientation to the history and
importance of regulations
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THE LAWS &
CODE OF FEDERAL
REGULATIONS
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- 15. LAWS → REGULATIONS
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FDA
United States Code
(U.S.C.) – Title 21
US Federal Government
Code of Federal Regulations
(CFRs) – Title 21, Food & Drugs
Promulgated in
Federal Register
Laws
Codified
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- 16. FD&C ACT OVERVIEW
Chapter I: Short Title
Chapter II: Definitions
Chapter III: Prohibited Acts and Penalties
Chapter IV: Food
Chapter V: Drugs and Devices
Chapter VI: Cosmetics
Chapter VII: General Authority
Chapter VIII: Imports and Exports
Chapter IX: Miscellaneous
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- 17. FD&C ACT OVERVIEW (CONT.)
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FD&C Act / U.S.C. section number cross-
reference
http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation
/Legislation/FederalFoodDrugandCosmeti
cActFDCAct/default.htm
- 18. 21 CFR OVERVIEW
Parts Covers
100 series Food – 110 cGMPs ; Dietary supplements – 111 cGMPs
200 & 300 series Pharmaceuticals – 210 & 211 cGMPs
500 series Animal feeds & medications
600 series Biological products – 606 cGMPs
700 series Cosmetics (limited regulations)
800 series Medical devices – 820 cGMPs
900 series Mammography quality requirements
1000 series Radiation emitting device
1200 series Non-FD&C Act rulings
Other GLP – 58; GCP – 50, 54, 56; Electronic Records – 11
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- 19. 21 CFR ?
21 CFR Parts can be viewed at
http://www.ecfr.gov
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- 20. STUDENT PREPARATION IDEAS
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Select several 21 CFR Parts and assign
one to each student to summarize and
present to the class
Assign students to select and report
on one 21 CFR Part of interest
Goal: exposure to 21 CFRs, and how to
find them
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- 22. FDA OVERVIEW
An agency of Department of Health and
Human Services (as of 1979)
Mission:
1. “ responsible for protecting the public
health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and
security of human and veterinary drugs,
biological products, medical devices, our
nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and
products that emit radiation ”
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- 23. FDA OVERVIEW (CONT.)
Mission (cont.):
2. “ responsible for advancing the public
health by helping to speed innovations that
make medicines and foods more effective,
safer, and more affordable; and helping the
public get the accurate, science-based
information they need to use medicines
and foods to improve their health ”
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- 25. FDA ORGANIZATION (CONT.)
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Subdivision Responsibility
Office of the Commissioner Program administration
Office of Regulatory Affairs
Enforces FDA regulations, monitors industry
for compliance, recalls
Center for
Biologics
Evaluation &
Research
(CBER)
Assorted biological products/biologics (these
replicate natural human substances):
allergenic extracts for shots, blood & blood
components, gene therapy products,
transplant-related human tissue and cellular
products, vaccines
FDA Subdivisions:
- 26. FDA ORGANIZATION (CONT. 2)
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Subdivision Responsibility
Center for
Drug
Evaluation &
Research
(CDER)
Drugs (purely chemical substances),
therapeutic biological products (e.g.
monoclonal Abs, cytokines, growth factors,
enzymes, thrombolytics, proteins [natural or
recombinant]) extracted from animals for
therapeutic use, non-vaccine therapeutic
immunotherapies
Center for
Devices &
Radiological
Health
(CDRH)
Medical devices (e.g. catheters, breast
pumps, contact lenses, lab instrumentation),
diagnostic test kits, GMP, compliance,
postmarket tracking, radiological health
screening procedures (mammography, whole
body CT scanning, medical imaging)
FDA Subdivisions (continued):
- 27. FDA ORGANIZATION (CONT. 3)
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Subdivision Responsibility
Center for
Food Safety &
Applied Nutrition
(CFSAN)
Various food products, GMOs, cosmetics,
dietary supplements, infant formula,
foodborne illness, food labeling & nutrition
Center for
Veterinary Medicine
(CVM)
Food additives and drugs given to animals;
animals from which human foods are derived
FDA Subdivisions (continued):
- 28. BIOTECH PRODUCT JURISDICTION
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Product Type FDA Center
Vaccine and blood product type therapeutic proteins CBER
Some therapeutic biological products (mAbs for in vivo
use, therapeutic proteins, cytokines and growth factors
used as immunomodulators or alterers of cell
production)
Transferred
to CDER
Combination products (e.g. drug/device,
biologic/device, drug/biologic, drug/device/biologic) –
combined, packaged together, packaged separately but
to be used together
CBER, CDER,
or CDRH,
depends on
primary mode
of action
Genetic tests for disease diagnosis or disease
prevention, treatment, or cure
CDRH
Biosimilars (generic biologic, not identical to original) CDER
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- 29. REGULATED PRODUCT APPROVALS
Application Type Purpose
Investigational New
Drug (IND)
To request exemption of approved marketing
application for shipping new drug across state
lines for clinical trials
New Drug
Application (NDA)
To request approval to sell and market new drug
in US; submitted with supporting documentation
detailing drug ingredients; how drug is
manufactured, processed, and packaged; results
of animal studies and clinical studies; how the
drug behaves in the body
Abbreviated New
Drug Application
(ANDA)
To request approval to sell and market generic
drug in US; application need not include animal
and clinical studies, but must show evidence that
generic is bioequivalent to innovator drug
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Drugs
- 30. REGULATED PRODUCT APPROVALS
(CONT.)
Application Type Purpose
Over-the-Counter
Drug (OTC)
Not an application; manufacturer can sell and
market an OTC drug with FDA pre-approval if it
conforms to the FDA-published OTC monograph;
one monograph for each of 80 therapeutic
classes of OTC drugs; monograph contains
acceptable ingredients, doses, formulation, and
labeling, and defines safety and effectiveness
Biologic License
Application (BLA)
To request approval to sell and market biologic
in US; like a NDA but for a biologic
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Drugs . . . 2
- 31. REGULATED PRODUCT APPROVALS
(CONT. 2)
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Medical Devices
Application Type Purpose
Investigational
Device Exemption
(IDE)
To request exemption of approved marketing
application for shipping investigational device
across state lines for clinical trials; clinical trials
typically required to support premarket approvals,
but occasionally needed to support premarket
notifications
Premarket
Notification (PMN) /
510(k) Clearance
To request clearance to sell and market in US non-
exempt Class I device or Class II device that is
substantially equivalent to a legally marketed
(predicate) device
Premarket Approval
(PMA)
To request approval to sell and market non-pre-
amendment Class III or non-510(k) device in US
- 32. REGULATED PRODUCT APPROVALS
(CONT. 3)
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Medical Devices . . . 2
Application Type Purpose
Humanitarian
Device Exemption
(HDE)
To request exemption of certain requirements to
sell and market humanitarian use device (HUD) in
US that is intended to benefit patients through
treatment or diagnosis of disease or condition
affecting < 4,000 individuals per year; like a PMA
but exempt from proof of effectiveness
requirement
- 33. REGULATED PRODUCT APPROVALS
(CONT. 4)
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Medical Device Notes
Device classification:
o Depends on intended use and indications for use
o Over 1,700 distinct devices, grouped into 16
medical specialty panels [per 21 CFR 862-892],
have been classified
o 3 classes: Class I, Class II, and Class III, with
regulatory control increasing from I to III – see:
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/
Overview/GeneralandSpecialControls/default.htm
- 34. REGULATED PRODUCT APPROVALS
(CONT. 5)
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Medical Device Notes (cont.)
Device
Class
Definition
Class I
• Low risk
• Most (~74%) are exempt; non-exempt require PMN / 510(k)
• Exempt manufacturers must still register establishment
and list generic category or classification name
• Exempt devices not exempt from GMP requirements;
however, some are GMP exempt but not from records and
complaint files
• Some exempt devices have limitations to exemption status
• Subject to general controls
- 35. REGULATED PRODUCT APPROVALS
(CONT. 6)
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Medical Device Notes (cont. 2)
Device
Class
Definition
Class II
• Moderate risk
• Most are not exempt and usually require PMN / 510(k)
• Some are exempt, but not from GMP requirements
• Subject to general controls, and special controls to assure
safety and effectiveness
Class III
• High risk - pose significant risk of illness or injury (devices
usually support or sustain human life); OR
not substantially equivalent to Class I or Class II predicate
• Not exempt and require PMA unless a pre-amendment
(pre May 28, 1976) device
• Subject to general controls with PMA
- 36. REGULATED PRODUCT APPROVALS
(CONT. 7)
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Medical Device Notes (cont. 3)
Substantial equivalence: if, in comparison
to predicate . . .
o Has same intended use AND technological
characteristics
o Has same intended use BUT different
technological characteristics that are supported
by data that (1) shows device is at least as safe
and effective as predicate AND (2) does not
raise new safety and effectiveness questions
- 37. FDA WEB SITE RESOURCES
Center–specific information for industry
AND consumers
About FDA
Regulatory info & guidance documents
Science & research
News
Recalls & alerts
Approvals & clearances
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- 38. STUDENT PREPARATION IDEAS
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Invite a local biotech company
representative to speak to your class
about the process required to achieve
a recent product approval / clearance
Examine and discuss an application for
a recently approved / cleared product
Goal: exposure to FDA submissions
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- 40. WHAT ARE GXPS ?
GXPs = “best” practices
& FDA mandated
defines what compliance requires
does not describe exactly how to do it
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- 41. 21 CFR OVERVIEW
Parts Covers
100 series Food – 110 cGMPs ; Dietary supplements – 111 cGMPs
200 & 300 series Pharmaceuticals – 210 & 211 cGMPs
500 series Animal feeds & medications
600 series Biological products – 606 cGMPs
700 series Cosmetics (limited regulations)
800 series Medical devices – 820 cGMPs
900 series Mammography quality requirements
1000 series Radiation emitting device
1200 series Non-FD&C Act rulings
Other GLP – 58; GCP – 50, 54, 56; Electronic Records – 11
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- 42. DIFFERENT GXPS
Good clinical practices (GCP) :
Regulates clinical trials involving human
subjects
Protects human rights
Provides assurance of safety and efficacy of
developed product
Good laboratory practices (GLP) :
Regulates nonclinical laboratory studies that
support FDA approval applications
Good manufacturing practices (cGMP) :
Regulates manufacture of products covered by
FD&C Act 42
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- 43. GOOD MANUFACTURING
PRACTICES (GMP)
Most stringently described in 21 CFR Parts
110 : for food
111 : for dietary supplements
210 & 211 : for drugs
606 : for biologics
820 : for medical devices (QSRs)
Provides detailed requirements on how to
operate manufacturing business
Indirectly impacts R&D
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- 44. GMP DESIGN CONTROLS
Design Inputs & Outputs
Design Verification : Outputs = Inputs
Design Validation
Compilation of records:
Design History File (DHF) : describes design
history of finished product
Device Master Record (DMR) : contains
procedures and specifications of finished
device/product (“recipe”)
Device History Record (DHR) : contains
production history of device/product 44
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- 45. GMP EXAMPLE
Medical device cGMP
up close . . .
See also : FDA’s CDRH Learn – Quality
System Regulation 21 CFR 820 Basic
Introduction presentation
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ResourcesforYou
/Industry/ucm126252.htm
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- 46. GXP REFERENCES
GLP:
o 21 CFR 58
o Lab Compliance GLP tutorial
http://www.labcompliance.com/tutorial/gl
p/default.aspx?sm=d_a
o WHO GLP Handbook (2009)
http://www.who.int/tdr/publications/traini
ng-guideline-publications/good-laboratory-
practice-handbook-ver1/en/
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- 47. GXP REFERENCES (CONT.)
GMP FDA guidance documents:
o http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplian
ceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/ucm06497
1.htm
o http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/G
uidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Gui
dances/General/ucm217665.htm
o http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRe
gulationandGuidance/PostmarketRequirements
/QualitySystemsRegulations/MedicalDeviceQua
litySystemsManual/default.htm
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- 48. STUDENT PREPARATION IDEAS
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GXP comparison activity:
Align these 21 CFR Parts:
o GLP (21 CFR 58)
o drug cGMP (21 CFR 210 & 211)
o biologics cGMP (21 CFR 606)
o medical device cGMP (21 CFR 820)
Goal: exposure to details of GXPs and how
they are similar / different
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- 50. THE HIERARCHY
A tight relationship exists
between
the FDA [regulating body]
the Laws [US Code]
the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFRs) - gov’t
agency promulgated
Good Manufacturing
Practices (GMPs)
Quality System Regulations
(QSRs)
Standards / Certifications
(e.g. ISO)
Quality Management System
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FDA
Laws (U.S.C.)
Industry-Specific CFRs
GMPs
Quality Management System
GovernmentIndustryCompany
Standards
/ Certif.
(e.g. ISO)
QSRs
ISO
Non-gov‟tOrg
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- 53. COMPLYING WITH FDA REGS . . . 2
By appropriately
interpreting the
regulations
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- 54. COMPLYING WITH FDA REGS . . . 3
A quality management
system provides a
structure for
the company to
work within and
remain compliant
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- 56. QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(QMS) – CHARACTERISTICS
Required by the FDA (not optional !)
“Each manufacturer shall establish and
maintain a quality system that is
appropriate for the specific medical
device(s) designed or manufactured, and
that meets the requirements of this part.”
– 21 CFR 820.5
Designed by each company to align its
operations with the regulations 56
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- 57. WHAT IS A QMS ?
Per 21 CFR 820.3 – “the organizational
structure, responsibilities, procedures,
processes, and resources for implementing
quality management”
Per Wikipedia – “a set of policies,
processes, and procedures required for
planning and execution of production in
the core business area of an organization”
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- 58. WHAT IS A QMS ? (CONT.)
Has a customer focus
Often designed to meet ISO 9001 standards
– based on 8 principles:
1. Customer focus
2. Leadership
3. Workforce involvement
4. Continuous improvement
5. System approach to management
6. Data-based approach to decision making
7. Positive supplier communication / relationships
8. Total process approach
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- 59. WHAT IS A QMS ? (CONT. 2)
Main components
Management responsibility
Resource management
Product realization
Measurement, analysis, and improvement
Process-oriented approach to managing
quality
A framework that directs quality
contributions from all employees
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- 60. QMS PROCESS MODEL
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Quality Management System
Continual Improvement
Resource
Management
Process /
Product
Realization
input
Product /
Service
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M
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m
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Measurement,
Analysis, &
Improvement
Management
Responsibility
output
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C
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S
T
O
M
E
R
- 61. WHAT DOES THE QMS COVER ?
Training & qualifying personnel
Controlling product design
Controlling documentation & records
Controlling purchasing
Identifying & tracing product at all production
stages
Defining & controlling production & processes
Defining & controlling inspection / measuring /
test equipment
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- 62. WHAT DOES THE QMS COVER ?
(CONT.)
Validating processes
Accepting product
Controlling nonconforming product
Instituting corrective & preventive actions
Controlling labeling & packaging
Servicing production equipment
Using statistical techniques
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- 63. COMMON FDA OBSERVATIONS
Catalogued by the FDA on an annual basis
Access through:
http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementAc
tions/ucm250720.htm
Examples from FDA inspections during
fiscal year 2012 (Oct 1, 2011 to Sep 30,
2012) – actual observations reported on
Form 483’s
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- 64. DRUG OBSERVATIONS . . . 1
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Observation Freq Reg Ref
The responsibilities and procedures applicable
to the quality control unit are not [in writing]
[fully followed]. Specifically, ***
169
21 CFR
211.22(d)
There is a failure to thoroughly review [any
unexplained discrepancy] [the failure of a
batch or any of its components to meet any of
its specifications] whether or not the batch has
been already distributed. Specifically, ***
119
21 CFR
211.192
There are no written procedures for production
and process controls designed to assure that
the drug products have the identity, strength,
quality, and purity they purport or are
represented to possess. Specifically, ***
116
21 CFR
211.100(a)
- 65. DRUG OBSERVATIONS . . . 2
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Observation Freq Reg Ref
Laboratory controls do not include the
establishment of scientifically sound and
appropriate [specifications] [standards]
[sampling plans] [test procedures] designed to
assure that [components] [drug product
containers] [closures] [in-process materials]
[labeling] [drug products] conform to
appropriate standards of identity, strength,
quality and purity. Specifically, ***
115
21 CFR
211.160(b)
Control procedures are not established which
[monitor the output] [validate the
performance] of those manufacturing processes
that may be responsible for causing variability
in the characteristics of in-process material
and the drug product. Specifically, ***
89
21 CFR
211.110(a)
- 66. DRUG OBSERVATIONS . . . 3
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Observation Freq Reg Ref
Written procedures are not [established]
[followed] for the cleaning and maintenance of
equipment, including utensils, used in the
manufacture, processing, packing or holding of
a drug product. Specifically, ***
73
21 CFR
211.67(b)
Routine [calibration] [inspection] [checking] of
[automatic] [mechanical] [electronic]
equipment is not performed according to a
written program designed to assure proper
performance. Specifically, ***
69
21 CFR
211.68(a)
Employees are not given training in [the
particular operations they perform as part of
their function] [current good manufacturing
practices] [written procedures required by
current good manufacturing practice
regulations]. Specifically, ***
65
21 CFR
211.25(a)
- 67. DRUG OBSERVATIONS . . . 4
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Observation Freq Reg Ref
Equipment and utensils are not [cleaned]
[maintained] [sanitized] at appropriate
intervals to prevent [malfunctions]
[contamination] that would alter the safety,
identity, strength, quality or purity of the drug
product. Specifically, ***
65
21 CFR
211.67(a)
Written production and process control
procedures are not [followed in the execution
of production and process control functions]
[documented at the time of performance].
Specifically, ***
64
21 CFR
211.100(b)
- 68. DRUG OBSERVATIONS . . . 5
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Observation Freq Reg Ref
Testing and release of drug product for
distribution do not include appropriate
laboratory determination of satisfactory
conformance to the [final specifications]
[identity and strength of each active
ingredient] prior to release. Specifically, ***
62
21 CFR
211.165(a)
- 69. DEVICE OBSERVATIONS . . . 1
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Observation Freq Reg Ref
Procedures for corrective and preventive
action have not been [adequately] established.
Specifically, ***
372
21 CFR
820.100(a)
Procedures for receiving, reviewing, and
evaluating complaints by a formally designated
unit have not been [adequately] established.
Specifically,***
259
21 CFR
820.198(a)
Written MDR procedures have not been
[developed] [maintained] [implemented].
Specifically, ***
140
21 CFR
803.17
Procedures to ensure that all purchased or
otherwise received product and services
conform to specified requirements have not
been [adequately] established. Specifically, ***
126
21 CFR
820.50
- 70. DEVICE OBSERVATIONS . . . 2
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Observation Freq Reg Ref
Corrective and preventive action activities
and/or results have not been [adequately]
documented. Specifically, ***
115
21 CFR
820.100(b)
Procedures have not been [adequately]
established to control product that does not
conform to specified requirements.
Specifically, ***
110
21 CFR
820.90(a)
A process whose results cannot be fully verified
by subsequent inspection and test has not been
[adequately] validated according to
established procedures. Specifically, ***
102
21 CFR
820.75(a)
Procedures for design change have not been
[adequately] established. Specifically,***
101
21 CFR
820.30(i)
- 71. DEVICE OBSERVATIONS . . . 3
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Observation Freq Reg Ref
Complaints involving the possible failure of [a
device] [labeling] [packaging] to meet any of
its specifications were not [reviewed]
[evaluated] [investigated] where necessary.
Specifically, ***
96
21 CFR
820.198(c)
Procedures for quality audits have not been
[adequately] established. Specifically, ***
91
21 CFR
820.22
A device master record has not been
[adequately] maintained. Specifically, ***
91
21 CFR
820.181
- 73. STUDENT PREPARATION IDEAS
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Review and discuss these common
observations with students
Case studies – select Form 483’s for class
review and discussion (RE: local
companies have more relevance)
http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/Offi
ceofGlobalRegulatoryOperationsandPolicy/ORA/ORA
ElectronicReadingRoom/default.htm
Goal: understand common mistakes to
better contribute toward compliance
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