
How to Validate a Pharmaceutical Process
Description
Key Features
- Thoroughly referenced and based on the latest research and literature
- Illustrates the most common issues related to developing and implementing a sustainable process validation program and provides examples on how to be successful
- Covers important topics such as the lifecycle approach, quality by design, risk assessment, critical process parameters, US and international regulatory guidelines, and more
Readership
Table of Contents
About the Expertise in the Pharmaceutical Process Technology Series
- Format
- Subject Matter
- Target Audience
Section I: Introduction to Process Validation
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Process Validation (PV)
- Abstract
- Defining Process Validation (PV)
- Legacy Products
- Stages of PV
- Notes
- Chapter 2. A Brief Review of the Regulations
- Abstract
- Notes
- Chapter 3. The Validation Life Cycle and Change Control
- Abstract
- Life Cycle Approach
- The Role of Change Control
- Types of Changes
- The Change Control Process
- Notes
Section II: Stage I—Process Development
- Chapter 4. Getting Started
- Abstract
- Before It All Starts
- Getting Started (After the Equipment Specifications)
- The Validation Master Plan
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Preparation
- Quality Programs
- Training
- Basic Risk Approach
- Putting it Together
- Notes
- Chapter 5. Basic Equipment and Utility Qualification
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Determining the Level of Qualification
- Factory Acceptance Test and Site Acceptance Test
- Commissioning
- Qualification Protocols—Installation Qualification (IQ) and Operational Qualification (OQ)
- Laboratory Equipment Qualification (EQ)
- Qualification Protocol Execution
- Notes
- Chapter 6. Computers and Automated Systems
- Abstract
- Introduction
- General Considerations
- Specific Systems
- Part 11
- Notes
Section III: Stage II—Process Development
- Chapter 7. Process Development
- Abstract
- Preliminaries
- Development
- Risk Assessment
- Process Parameters
- Setting Process Limits
- Next Steps
- Notes
- Chapter 8. The Process Validation Protocol—PPQ
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Setting Protocol Test Ranges
- Preparing the Protocol
- Executing the Protocol
- Notes
- Chapter 9. Dealing With Deviations
- Abstract
- The Investigation
- Notes
Section IV: Stage III—Continued Process Verification
- Chapter 10. Stage III—Collection and Evaluating Production Data
- Abstract
- General Approach
- Legacy Products
- Stage III—Continued Process Verification (CPV)
- Statistical Process Control and Control Charts
- Notes
Section V: Other Related Activities
- Chapter 11. Cleaning and Facility Qualification
- Abstract
- Facility Design
- Introduction to Cleaning
- General Cleaning Considerations
- Facility Design and Cleaning
- Equipment Cleaning
- Other Cleaning Considerations
- Notes
Terms and Definitions
Appendix A. 21 CFR 211
Appendix B. Example—Short Change Control Form
Appendix C. Additional ICH and FDA Guidelines
- Important ICH and FDA Guidelines
Product details
- No. of pages: 218
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2016
- Published: June 7, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128096536
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128041482
About the Author
Steven Ostrove
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