ARTICLES BY BIKASH CHATTERJEE

• CMC And Quality Considerations When Engaging Your CDMO

  3/21/2022

  Before pursuing an outsourcing strategy, it is essential to define what processes will be kept in-house and where your CDMO partner will take the lead.

• FDA’s 2021 Focus Areas Of Regulatory Science: 5 Trends To Watch

  3/19/2021

  The FDA recognized that a new approach was required to keep pace with the rapid evolution of science and technology driving drug development, and it released the report Advancing Regulatory Science at FDA: Focus Areas of Regulatory Science (FARS) early in 2021 to identify and communicate areas requiring continued targeted investment. These five key elements deserve our attention.

• FDA Steps Up Support For Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

  2/22/2021

  In its latest move to encourage the broader adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies, the FDA has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that combines the strength of FDA’s regulatory expertise and NIST’s globally recognized precision characterization and standards. The MOU is significant because it takes the next step in providing much-needed guidance and resources to the industry.

• Navigating The FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization Process

  5/14/2020

  The FDA has been authorized to grant Emergency Use Authorizations for SARS-CoV-2. This will impact both internal manufacturing and the CDMOs that drug sponsors employ. 

• Ensuring Quality In Ventilator Production Scale-Up For COVID-19

  4/24/2020

  Chief Editor Louis Garguilo asked Outsourced Pharma Advisory Board member and COO/CSO of Pharmatech Associates, Inc., Bikash Chatterjee, to update our readers periodically on what he is seeing and experiencing during this coronavirus pandemic. This is his first update.

• Business Continuity & The Coronavirus: Are Your Pharma Operations At Risk?

  3/4/2020

  In the face of a pandemic, the value of a robust business continuity plan cannot be overstated. Organizations should actively evaluate those plans, focusing on service providers and partners. 

• New FDA Draft Guidance: Qualification Process For Drug Development Tools

  2/3/2020

  The FDA recently issued its draft guidance on the qualification process for drug development tools (DDTs), as part of the commitment mandated by the 21^st Century Cures Act. The draft guidance provides a high-level description of the intent and content of the DDT program, but it does not address evidentiary standards or performance criteria for purposes of DDT qualification, leaving it to industry to propose the scientific argument and data package.

• Understanding The FDA’s KASA Framework

  10/30/2019

  The FDA's Knowledge-Aided Assessment & Structured Application Framework marks an ambitious step forward in standardizing and increasing the efficiency of the drug review process. Here's what it will take for the framework to succeed. 

• Pharma 4.0: Building Quality Into Pharma Manufacturing, From Molecule To Medicine

  10/1/2019

  A race is being run to create the pharmaceutical manufacturing of the future and with Pharma 4.0, powerful market trends are shaping the running field.

• Analytical Testing Strategies For Clinical And Commercial Operations

  4/3/2019

  A summary of a survey designed to better understand the factors considered when establishing an analytical-testing strategy for clinical-material release.