Bioanalytical

27
Mar

Will you be joining us at the American Biomanufacturing Summit?

You’re invited to visit with Lachman at Booth #47. We hope to see you at the 10th Anniversary American Biomanufacturing Summit, one of the can’t-miss events of the year. It’s taking place on April 10-11, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, San Francisco, CA. The American Biomanufacturing Summit is one of the most senior-level […]

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11
Oct

Connect With the Lachman Consultants Team at the 2023 ISPE Annual Meeting

ISPE 2023 Annual Meeting Mandalay Bay Resort Las Vegas, NV October 16th – 18th, 2023 We are looking forward to seeing you at the 2023 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo. This annual event will usher in a revitalized focus on excellence, modernization, and harmonization in pharmaceutical science and manufacturing. MEET WITH LACHMAN CONSULTANTS AT BOOTH […]

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04
Aug

New Guidance for Industry- Acceptable Intake Limits for NDSRIs and a New Webpage from FDA

Unless you’ve been living under a (pharmaceutical) rock, you are aware of the struggle that both FDA and industry are having with Nitrosamines impurities in pharmaceutical products.  As a reminder, APIs are at risk of forming nitrosamine drug substance-related impurities (NDSRIs) when they contain secondary amines or dimethyl tertiary amines. We have published many blogs […]

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24
Feb
October Approvals

Glimpses of What’s Ahead – FY 2019 GDUFA Science and Research Report

The FDA issued its Fiscal Year (FY) GDUFA Science and Research Report last week (read the full report here and the awarded research contracts and grants here).  A review of the innovative scientific focus areas helps those of us in the industry to get a sense of where the FDA is headed in support of […]

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21
Feb
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Data Integrity – Management’s Responsibilities

Since the initial April 2016 draft published, the pharmaceutical industry has been working to toward complying with the FDA guidance on Data Integrity and Compliance With Drug CGMP (here) which was finalized in December 2018.  One passage in the introduction of the guidance has resonated with me: “Management’s involvement in and influence on these strategies […]

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18
Feb
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Out-of-Specification Investigations – Lessons Learned, or Not?

The FDA Guidance for Industry, Investigating Out‑of-Specification (OOS) Test Results for Pharmaceutical Production, was published in October 2006 (here).  The pharmaceutical industry has had about 14 years to learn how to comply to this guidance.  A quick survey of recent Form 483s and Warning Letters would indicate that there is still much to be learned […]

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05
Apr

Bioanalytical Workshop Generates Question on FDA vs. ICH Guidance

The 13th annual WRIB (Workshop on Recent Issues of Bioanalysis) was held in New Orleans, LA this week and is wrapping up today.  The workshop was well represented by regulators and industry (both from Pharma and CROs), with numerous discussions and topics for the bioanalysis of small and large molecules.  Presentations covered the full spectrum […]

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