WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations - WHO Technical Report Series, No. 863 - Thirty-fourth Report
(1996; 200 pages) View the PDF document
Table of Contents
View the document1. Introduction
Open this folder and view contents2. The international pharmacopoeia and related activities
View the document3. Simple test methodology
Open this folder and view contents4. Stability of dosage forms
Open this folder and view contents5. Good manufacturing practices for pharmaceutical products
Open this folder and view contents6. Legal and administrative aspects of the functioning of national drug regulatory authorities
Open this folder and view contents7. Quality assurance in the supply system
View the document8. Terminology
View the documentAcknowledgements
View the documentReferences
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 1 - Guidelines for the graphic representation of chemical formulae
View the documentAnnex 2 - List of available International Chemical Reference Substances1
View the documentAnnex 3 - List of available International Infrared Reference Spectra
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 4 - General recommendations for the preparation and use of infrared spectra in pharmaceutical analysis
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 5 - Guidelines for stability testing of pharmaceutical products containing well established drug substances in conventional dosage forms
Close this folderAnnex 6 - Good manufacturing practices: guidelines on the validation of manufacturing processes
View the documentIntroduction
View the documentGlossary
View the documentGeneral
View the document1. Types of process validation
View the document2. Prerequisites for process validation
View the document3. Approaches
View the document4. Organization
View the document5. Scope of a process validation programme
View the document6. Validation protocol and report
View the documentReferences
View the documentBibliography
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 7 - Good manufacturing practices: supplementary guidelines for the manufacture of investigational pharmaceutical products for clinical trials in humans
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 8 - Good manufacturing practices: supplementary guidelines for the manufacture of herbal medicinal products1
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 9 - Multisource (generic) pharmaceutical products: guidelines on registration requirements to establish interchangeability
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 10 - Guidelines for implementation of the WHO Certification Scheme on the Quality of Pharmaceutical Products Moving in International Commerce
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 11 - Guidelines for the assessment of herbal medicines1,2
Open this folder and view contentsAnnex 12 - Guidelines on import procedures for pharmaceutical products
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Process validation

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Chiu YH. Validation of the fermentation process for the production of recombinant DNA drugs. Pharmaceutical technology, 1988, 12(6): 132-138.

Cipriano PA. Process validation begins with initial plant design. Pharmaceutical engineering, 1982, 2(3):2.

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Validation of non-sterile processes

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Validation of sterile processes

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Validation of cleaning processes

Sweden

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United States Food and Drug Administration

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1 CIP = Cleaning in place/position
SIP = Sterilizing/steaming in place/position


Validation of analytical procedures

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Validation of computerized systems and computer-assisted processes

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