All ICH guidelines articles

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    ICH to implement M14 Guideline for post-marketing safety submissions

    2025-09-15T13:46:37Z

    The ICH Assembly’s decision supports progress in promoting international standards for safety assessment of medicines.

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    ICH opens consultation on Q3E drug impurities guideline on leachables

    2025-08-15T11:38:42Z

    Draft publication is set to expand its frameworks for new medicinal products, including cell and gene therapies.

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    The key role of GMP analytical testing for drug products

    2025-04-04T20:25:12Z

    Ensuring the quality, safety and efficacy of new pharmaceutical products is critical to bring them to market successfully. Here, Adragos Pharma’s Amalia Stroumpou, explains how the key to all three of these factors is rigorous good manufacturing practice (GMP) analytical testing.

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    Driving QbD as a quality standard in drug development

    2024-01-02T15:51:13Z

    To facilitate Quality by Design (QbD) in becoming a true standard approach for drug development, pharma should attend regulatory expectations and pursue innovative frameworks that guarantee high-quality levels, researchers urge.

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    Rapid HPLC method could improve formulation QC studies

    2023-11-08T13:39:12Z

    Researchers state the novel high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection (HPLC-DAD) method can be utilised in routine quality control analysis of levofloxacin in pharmaceutical formulation and bioequivalence studies.

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    Revised Annex 1 now effective

    2023-08-25T13:58:24Z

    The much-anticipated Annex 1 revision is finally operational; manufacturers in the EU must be compliant with the GMP guideline updates when manufacturing sterile medicinal products.

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    Establishing quality assurance in personalised preparations

    2023-07-24T16:48:16Z

    A paper has highlighted a drug product quality assurance programme for personalised preparations, including application of a preventive or corrective measures (CAPA) system.

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    The evolution of AAVs in cell and gene therapy

    2023-07-20T13:00:35Z

    AAV development for cell and gene therapy in 2023 is being impacted by manufacturing and regulation challenges, however advancing technologies offer opportunity, according to leaders in the field.

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    NITROSAMINES: Where now?

    2023-02-28T17:02:10Z

    While determining active intakes and control strategies for short chain alkyl N-nitrosamines was relatively easy to establish, nitrosamine drug substance-related impurities continue to present challenges. Here, Dave Elder reflects on the three main instances of nitrosamine contamination in drug products.

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    EMA publishes updated Q&A for ICH M10

    2023-01-26T11:14:01Z

    An updated Q&A document for ICH M10 'Bioanalytical Method Validation and Study Sample Analysis’ has been published by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).