Drug stability trials

Summarize the quality and control of any critical aspects. Discuss any important changes in the manufacturing process.

If references to Eur, USP, or JP pharmacopoeia cannot be made, state the impurities from the manufacturing process or starting materials. Discuss the potential mutagenic impurities according to ICH M7.

Include tests for identity, impurities and assay. For impurities, set the upper limits. Support the limits using the impurity profiles of batches of active substance used in non-clinical and clinical studies.

Specify the microbiological quality for drug substances used in aseptically manufactured products. Report the acceptance limits and the parameters for performing validation of the analytical methods. Provide a summary of the results. In case of major changes in analytical methods, present cross-validation data. Provide results for batches used in the non-clinical studies. If applicable, provide results for representative batches used in previous clinical trials.

List batch information such as batch number, size, manufacturing site and date, control methods, and test results. Provide specifications if non-compendial materials are used. Include the parameters known to be critical.

Describe potential degradation pathways. Define the retest period. Specify the dosage form. Describe the function of each excipient. If applicable for the specific product, demonstrate the compatibility with solvents used for reconstitution, diluents and admixtures. Summarize the method of preparation if the product is to be reconstituted or diluted.

Include the parties in charge of import and batch release. Include diagrams to describe the process. For sterilization by filtration state the maximum acceptable bioburden prior to filtration. State whether aseptic processing operations were validated using media fill runs. Provide an in-house monograph for excipients not covered by common standards.

Include tests on identity, assay and degradation products. Specify upper limits degradation products. Include drug product specific tests and acceptance criteria.

Justify the suitability of the analytical methods for phase I trials. Present in a table the acceptance limits and the parameters for the validation of the analytical methods. Include the batch number and size, manufacturing site and date, control methods, and the test results. A stability study conducted under controlled temperature and humidity approximating conditions of long-term storage. A stability study conducted under exaggerated conditions in an attempt to accelerate the aging process, i.

A stability study that is conducted under conditions that are between long-term and accelerated storage conditions. Samples stored under intermediate conditions are typically only tested if a failure is encountered during the testing of samples stored under accelerated storage conditions.

A study that is conducted at 5 o C without humidity control to determine the effect that freezing and subsequent thawing has upon the stability of a product. A study that is conducted to determine the effect that either whole or ultraviolet light has upon the stability of a product.

This is not required for drug products packaged in opaque container systems. A stability study that is conducted under long-term conditions to assess the stability of a product batch in its bulk container. This applies to situations where a drug product may be stored in a bulk container for a period of time prior to its placement into end-user packaging.

A study that is conducted to determine the period of time that a product remains suitable for use after its container system has been opened. However, the EU requires the determination of PAO and the displaying of the PAO on the labeling of cosmetic products having an expiration date of 30 months durability or greater. Products with less than 30 months durability require a best used by date.

This may be driven by savvy consumers who may be familiar with and prefer the EU practice of displaying PAO on product labeling, as they are beginning to make their preferences known to US manufacturers. That being said, FDA understands that drug owners would face undue hardship if they were required to wait the full two years it would take to generate RT stability data before launching a new OTC drug product with a 2-year expiration date. As a result, FDA allows for the extrapolation of accelerated stability data for determining expiry dating for the initial launch.

However, FDA expects that the same batch that was used for the accelerated study also undergo concurrent RT stability testing. Accelerated stability studies alone cannot be used to support the expiration dating of OTC drug products.

The results of accelerated studies must be confirmed by conducting RT stability studies. As stated in the previous section, the results of accelerated stability studies may be used to approximate the shelf life of a new OTC drug product for launch.

Historically, the FDA has permitted three 3 months of acceptable accelerated stability test results to support a 2-year expiration date for a product launch. However, in recent years, FDA has tightened up its stability requirements for Rx drugs, now requiring six 6 months of accelerated stability and one 1 year of RT stability data at the time of submission.

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