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QMS Review - CORRECTION
Regulatory
Requirement
(Ch 1.10)
Good Business
Sense
Formal PQR – why?
Useful to have
Standardised approach for evaluating
product review data
Identified statistical or quality tools to
analyse the data
Record the resultant analysis, make
observations, formulate conclusions
about the product or process
Formal PQR – why?
Regulatory requirement to assess the
product performance in terms of process
driven control limits and registered
product specs and to compare
performance to previous review period
results (historical performance)
To assess the significance of identified
process performance and/or process
capability changes
PQR – Regulatory View (1)
GMP Ch 1.10 Product Quality Review requires
“Regular periodic or rolling quality reviews….”
Objectives:
Verifying the consistency of the existing process
Appropriateness of current specifications - starting
materials & finished product
Highlight any trends and to identify product and
process improvements.
PQR – Regulatory View (2)
Review & document (normally annually) :
i. Starting materials including packaging materials
used in the product,
ii. Critical in-process controls and finished product
results.
iii. All batches that failed to meet established
specification(s) and their investigation.
iv. Significant deviations or non-conformances, &
related investigations, and effectiveness of
corrective and preventive actions taken.
PQR – Regulatory View (3)
v. Changes to the processes or analytical
methods.
vi. Marketing Authorisation variations submitted,
granted or refused, including those for third
country (export only) dossiers.
vii. Results of the stability monitoring programme
& adverse trends.
viii. Quality-related returns, complaints & recalls &
investigations.
PQR – Regulatory View (4)
ix. For new marketing authorisations and
variations to marketing authorisations, a review
of post-marketing commitments.
x. Qualification status of relevant equipment and
utilities, e.g. HVAC, water, compressed gases,
etc.
xi. Contractual arrangements as defined in
Chapter 7 to ensure that they are up to date
EU Guide – Annex 15
5.31. Ongoing process verification should be conducted under an
approved protocol or equivalent documents and a corresponding
report should be prepared to document the results obtained.
Statistical tools should be used, where appropriate, to support any
conclusions with regard to the variability and capability of a given
process and ensure a state of control.
Linda @Qualitymindset.com
Reference/acknowledgement