Saturday, September 26, 2015

MISBRANDED DRUGs

In recent days, we are more frequently hearing about the misbranding of drugs. In many of the USFDA warning letters this word was mentioned. Misbranding occurs when a product's label is incomplete, false, or misleading.  A product's label includes any written, printed, or graphic matter that appears on the product or its container.  It also includes information that accompanies the product, such as advertisements for the product.  However, not everything that mentions the product constitutes labeling.  Information that is considered a part of  .............................

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Saturday, September 19, 2015

COMPLIANCE BY DESIGN FOR PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORIES - INSIGHT FROM FDA WARNING LETTERS

COMPLIANCE BY DESIGN FOR PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORIES - INSIGHT FROM FDA WARNING LETTERS
AUTHOR
Dr. Ludwig Huber Chief Advisor for Global FDA Compliance, Labcompliance ludwig_huber@labcompliance.com

Dr. Ludwig Huber is the editor of www.labcompliance.com, the global online resource for validation and compliance. He is the author of the books “Validation and Qualification in Analytical Laboratories” and “Validation of Computerized Analytical and Networked Systems”. He has given multiple presentations mainly on GLP/GMP, 21 CFR Part 11 and Validation around the world. This included seminars, workshops and presentations for the US FDA, China CFDA, Korea MFDS, Singapore HSA, ISPE, Japan PDA, PIC/S and several other national health care agencies. For more information, please visit Dr. Huber’s website www.ludwig-huber.com.

Introduction

The mission of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and equivalent international agencies is to protect consumer health and safety under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or equivalent international laws. The agencies have developed two basic strategies towards this mission:

• Monitoring the quality of products through surveillance activities such as sampling and analyzing products in distribution.

• Evaluating through factory inspections the conditions under which products are developed, manufactured, tested, packed, labeled, and held.

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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Pharmaceutical Quality Community - Serving patients across the globe

People who are working in pharmaceutical sector mainly in Quality Units are rendering their services to the society in a dedicated way. These people are serving the patients indirectly and very key persons in protecting the public health. Quality is a very critical parameter in drug manufacturing and in reducing the risk for patients. 

Quality control and quality assurance groups must have positive attitude and sincerity in their job responsibilities. Dedication and continuous alert on the activities which they are performing daily are the key elements in achieving the quality medicines.


Hence, as an effort of motivation sharing my leanings and thoughts with the Quality community in the form of my personal magazine ANALIGHT. This is my personal knowledge sharing magazine. It gives immense pleasure to share what I learnt and the content I collected during my learning. 

I believe knowledge increases in multiple folds when we shared it with as many people as possible. I named my magazine as "ANALIGHT"and publishing the first copy today which is very auspicious day "Ganesh Chaturthi". May the lord of Knowledge, the Ganesha, bless us always.



Pls click the following link to access and download the magazine.