Marketing Authorization of Pharmaceutical Products with Special Reference to Multisource (Generic) Products: A Manual for Drug Regulatory Authorities - Regulatory Support Series No. 005
(1998; 213 pages)
Table of Contents
View the documentPREFACE
View the documentI. INTRODUCTION
Open this folder and view contentsII. PROVISIONS AND PREREQUISITES FOR REGULATORY CONTROL
Open this folder and view contentsIII. OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Open this folder and view contentsIV. REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR MARKETING AUTHORIZATION OF MULTISOURCE (GENERIC) PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
View the documentV. ISSUE OF WRITTEN MARKETING AUTHORIZATION
View the documentVI. VARIATIONS
View the documentVII. PERIODIC REVIEWS
View the documentVIII. SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF MARKETING AUTHORIZATION
View the documentGLOSSARY
View the documentABBREVIATIONS
View the documentREFERENCES
Close this folderANNEXES
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 1: National drug regulatory legislation: guiding principles for small drug regulatory authorities1
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 2: *Guidelines for Implementation of the WHO Certification Scheme on the Quality of Pharmaceutical Products Moving in International Commerce1
Close this folderAnnex 3: *Multisource (Generic) Pharmaceutical Products: Guidelines on Registration Requirements to Establish Interchangeability1
View the documentIntroduction
View the documentGlossary
Open this folder and view contentsPart One. Regulatory assessment of interchangeable multisource Pharmaceutical products
Open this folder and view contentsPart Two. Equivalence studies needed for marketing authorization
Close this folderPart Three. Tests for equivalence
Close this folder10. Bioequivalence studies in humans
View the documentSubjects
View the documentDesign
View the documentStudies of metabolites
View the documentMeasurement of individual isomers for chiral drug substance products
View the documentValidation of analytical test methods
View the documentSample retention
View the documentStatistical analysis and acceptance criteria
View the documentReporting of results
View the document11. Pharmacodynamic studies
View the document12. Clinical trials
View the document13. In vitro dissolution
View the documentPart Four. In vitro dissolution tests in product development and quality control
View the documentPart Five. Clinically important variations in bioavailability leading to non-approval of the product
View the documentPart Six. Studies needed to support new post-marketing manufacturing conditions
View the documentPart Seven. Choice of reference product
View the documentAuthors
View the documentReferences
View the documentAppendix 1. Examples of national requirements for in vivo equivalence studies for drugs included in the WHO Model List of Essential Drugs (Canada, Germany and the USA, August 1994)
View the documentAppendix 2. Explanation of symbols used in the design of bioequivalence studies in humans, and commonly used pharmacokinetic abbreviations
View the documentAppendix 3. Technical aspects of bioequivalence statistics
View the documentAnnex 4: Model Guidelines on Conflict of Interest and Model Proforma for a Signed Statement on Conflict of Interest
View the documentAnnex 5: Model Contract between a Regulatory Authority and an External Evaluator of Chemistry, Pharmaceutical and Bioavailability Data
View the documentAnnex 6: Model Application Form for new Marketing Authorizations, Periodic Reviews and Variations, with Notes to the Applicant
View the documentAnnex 7: Detailed Advice on Evaluation of Data by the Drug Regulatory Authority
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 8: Ethical criteria for medicinal drug promotion1
View the documentAnnex 9: Model marketing authorization letter
View the documentAnnex 10: Model List of Variations (Changes) to Pharmaceutical Aspects of Registered Products which may be made without Prior Approval
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 11: *Guidelines for stability testing of pharmaceutical products containing well established drug substances in conventional dosage forms1
 
Reporting of results

The report of a bioequivalence study should give the complete documentation of its protocol, conduct and evaluation complying with Good Clinical Practice rules (see WHO Guideline for GCP for Trials on Pharmaceutical Products). The responsible investigator(s) should sign for their respective sections of the report. Names and affiliations of the responsible investigator(s), site of the study and period of its execution should be stated. The names and batch numbers of the pharmaceutical products used in the study as well as the composition(s) of the tests product(s) should be given. The analytical validation report should be attached. Results of in vitro dissolution tests should be provided. In addition, the applicant should submit a signed statement confirming the identity of the test product with the pharmaceutical product which is submitted for registration.

All results should be presented clearly. The procedure for calculating the parameters used (e.g., AUC) from the raw data should be stated. Deletion of data should be justified. If results are calculated using pharmacokinetic models, the model and the computing procedure used should be justified. Individual plasma concentration/time curves should be drawn on a linear/linear, and facultatively also on a lin/log scale. All individual data and results should be given, also of eventually dropped-out subjects. Drop-out and withdrawal of subjects should be reported and accounted for. Test results of representative samples should be included.

The statistical report should be sufficiently detailed, so as to enable the statistical analyses to be repeated if necessary. If the statistical methods applied deviate from those specified in the trial protocol, the reasons for the deviations should be stated.

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