At the end of July, the FDA (CDER) published a draft guidance document for setting endotoxin limits during the development of drugs for oncology and biological products.
In the course of an inspection by the responsible supervisory authorities, considerable deficiencies in GMP compliance were discovered at a Polish manufacturer of non-sterile dosage forms.
On 20 February, the European Commission published the long-awaited revision of Annex 1 Sterile Manufacturing of the EU GMP Guideline. The document is now entering a timely limited commentary phase.
The ECA's Pharmaceutical Microbiology Group has announced the second chapter of their Guideline on handling microbiological deviations for May. It deals with OOS/OOT and atypical results in endotoxin testing.
A document on the topic of comparability in the context of Changes and Variations at ATMP, published in December by the EMA, respectively the CAT, completes the series of guidelines and assistance around ATMP.
FDA published the second revision of their Guidance for Industry "Microbiology Data for Systemic Antibacterial Drugs -Development, Analysis, and Presentation" to define the requirements on a overall microbiology development program for such products.
With their new questions and answers paper, the FDA wants to provide further information on the implementation of pathogen reduction techniques for blood establishments.
Two weeks after their microbiology symposium in Strasbourg, the European Directory for the Quality of Medicines and HealthCare (EDQM) summarized the event in their press release entitled "Microbiological control symposium: consensus on readiness of new methods emerges".
