Reaching step 5 of the harmonisation process, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted the ICH guideline Q4B Annex 4A on evaluation and recommendation of pharmacopoeial texts for use in the ICH regions on micro enumeration.
The International Council for Harmonistion (ICH) finalized their recommendation relating to the use of the pharmacopoeial texts on tests for specified microorganisms.
The FDA issued a Q&A document correlated to the final rule on Safety and Effectiveness of Consumer Antiseptics; Topical Antimicrobial Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use.
The Japanese Pharnacopoe has published a new chapter draft of "Bacterial Endotoxins Test and alternative methods using recombinant protein-reagents for endotoxin assay" for comment.
Indian sterile manufacturer Emcure Pharmaceuticals has once more received a warning letter from the FDA with concerns to the root cause analysis of deviations in sterility testing.
The US FDA issued a Warning Letter to a US company with aseptic production due to serious deficiencies in room zoning, personnel, environment monitoring and disinfection.
The European Commission and the EDQM have published a new chapter of the European Pharmacopoeia for testing bacterial endotoxins with recombinant factor C (rFC) for public comment.
