07.06.23 -- FDA Issues Guidance On Manufacturing Interruptions

In April 2023, the FDA issued an updated guidance superseding and replacing the previous 2020 document about managing drug shortages and explaining what was expected of industry and how the agency was going to manage the shortfalls. This article summarizes the guidance in a helpful FAQ format.

Features such as real-time data monitoring, cloud solutions, and process integration comprise a digital operational excellence approach that adds value. But successful deployment of these and other digital solutions requires careful, cross-functional collaboration across the full life cycle of the project.

In the first of this two-part series, microbiology and contamination control specialists Vanessa Figueroa, Rebecca Brewer, and Greg Gibb, Ph.D., discuss best practices in developing contamination control strategies through the lens of the newly formalized provisions in the EU GMP Annex I, Manufacture of Sterile Medicinal Products.