Stability Programs for Determining Product Shelf Life - From Development to Market Approval
November 20 - 21, 2014 - Malvern PA USCenter for Professional Innovation and Education, Inc.
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Stability studies for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and pharmaceutical drug products, both chemical drugs and biologics, are essential for product quality and patient protection. The goals of the stability program are (1) to determine an appropriate and safe stability profile during clinical development and (2) to justify a shelf-life for the product to enter the market. The approach to stability testing and interpretation of stability data has undergone significant change. Strategic international ICH regulatory guidances have been adopted that are driving the entire pharmaceutical industry, including both chemical drugs and biologics, to a higher standard of performance, including Quality by Design (QbD), Quality Risk Management (QRM) and Pharmaceutical Quality System (PQS). Therefore, it is most important for a pharmaceutical company to have an effective and regulatory compliant stability program strategy that can meet both FDA and EMA requirements and expectations. At each stage of drug development, from Phase 1 through commercialization, the basic question needs to be addressed: ‘What is absolutely necessary from the stability program to be successful in getting the chemical drug/biologic through clinical trials and into the market, but without impacting patient safety or creating delays in the program?’ Regulatory compliant deficiencies in stability program have resulted in clinical holds and market approval delays. This course will help the attendee to design and implement a stability program meeting global stability requirements and expectations. Participants will also become effective in interpretation of stability data. This course has been pre-approved by the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) as eligible for 12 credits towards a participant's RAC recertification upon full completion.