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Life Cycle Approach to Process Validation

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Process validation activities align with the product lifecycle concept of ICH Q8, Q9, and Q10 (ICH, International Conference on Harmonisation of technical requirements for the registration of pharmaceuticals for human use (ICH) guidance document: Q8 (R2): pharmaceutical development, Geneva, 2009; ICH, International Conference on Harmonisation of technical requirements for the registration of pharmaceuticals for human use (ICH) guidance document: Q9: quality risk management, Geneva, 2005; ICH, International Conference on Harmonisation of technical requirements for the registration of pharmaceuticals for human use (ICH) guidance: Q10: pharmaceutical quality system, Geneva, 2008) that link product and process development, qualification of commercial manufacturing and maintenance of the process in a state of control during routine production. The regulators and industry have been adopting process validation lifecycle concepts.

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Pazhayattil, A.B., Sayeed-Desta, N., Fredro-Kumbaradzi, E., Collins, J. (2018). Life Cycle Approach to Process Validation. In: Solid Oral Dose Process Validation. AAPS Introductions in the Pharmaceutical Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02472-7_1

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