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The Role of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in Generic Drug Manufacturing: Ensuring Quality and Safety

Drug Patent Watch

I'm talking about Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), a set of guidelines that govern the production, testing, and packaging of generic drugs. Documentation and record-keeping : Manufacturers must maintain accurate and detailed records of their manufacturing processes, including batch records, quality control records, and training records.

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FOPE & PharmaState Academy host Session 12 of the PULSE series

Express Pharma

He further highlighted the importance of thorough documentation, communication with regulators, and the need for a comprehensive understanding of the revised Schedule M guidelines.

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Pharmacy Law and Licensing Highlights 2025

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

The rules were implemented to enhance patient safety protections via revised drug handling, packaging, and delivery requirements. The rules include changes to the notification process, medication packaging, the handling of reports, and safety issues.

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Development and Manufacturing of Primary Packaging and Medical Devices

Pharmaceutical Technology

Packaging plays a critical part in the pharmaceuticals and medical devices industries and is developed with its own set of security standards for the safety of consumers. The role of primary packaging has extended beyond the primary objectives of sterility, physical and chemical protection, and security.

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FDA guidance highlights E&L considerations for ophthalmic drug products

European Pharmaceutical Review

This document is revised from a version published in October 2023. Firstly, leachables can compromise a products quality and therapeutic effect, by potentially interacting with the formulated drug product, the document reported. Moreover, manufacturers should document information about their safety thresholds, the guidance stated.

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Beyond instruments: streamlining process technology implementation in biopharmaceutical manufacturing

European Pharmaceutical Review

Given that multiple work packages may often start or end together, or else take longer than others ( Figure 1 ), the introduction of new PAT requires assessment and planning by multiple departments. Any documentation, such as validation reports then helps with compliance and later regulatory submissions and requests.

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Common pharma compliance concerns cited by FDA warning letters

European Pharmaceutical Review

Of the cGMP letters, three major types of violations – deficiencies in process validation, documentation practices (data integrity) and quality control – accounted for 26 percent, 21 percent and 15 percent of warning letters respectively. Overall, validation, documentation and quality control were the major cGMP violations.