CMC Management in Regulatory Affairs

Quality data for marketing authorisation in Europe

  • Update on the new (Draft) ICH M4Q(R2)
  • Detailed documentation with references to guidelines
  • The basic module to become a "CMC-Specialist"
  • Officially certified according to ISO 9001 + 21001
CMC Management in Regulatory Affairs

Online-Seminar

Ab 1.990,00 € zzgl. MwSt.
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Online-Seminar

Ab 1.990,00 € zzgl. MwSt.
Leistungen & Ablauf

This online training will give you in-depth knowledge on the CMC requirements for marketing authorisation. Including an update on the new (Draft) ICH M4Q(R2) and the Draft of the Revision of the Classification Guideline. Take the chance to participate in our virtual seminar and get qualified.

Your speakers

Dr. Margit Schnee

Dr. Margit Schnee

CSL Vifor, SWITZERLAND

Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager CMC
Dr Schnee worked for several years at CureVac N.V. in non-clinical research on mRNA-based vaccines. Still at CureVac, she later switched to…

Dr. Andrea Förster

Dr. Andrea Förster

pharmaand GmbH
Vienna, AUSTRIA

Head of CMC
Dr Andrea Förster has over a decade of experience in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, with a strong focus on CMC, quality, and manufacturing. Her…

Dr. Martina Dressler

Dr. Martina Dressler

Teva GmbH,
Ulm, GERMANY

Change Control Manager
Dr Dressler is a licenced pharmacist with many years of experience in the parmaceutical industry at Teva ratiopharm, initially in RA Generic Maintenance and…

What to Expect

  • Regulatory requirements in the EU and the ICH region
  • Update on the new (Draft) ICH M4Q(R2)
  • Essential quality data for marketing authorisation
  • CMC documentation: Module 3, ASMF, CEP and Quality Overall Summary
  • Management of post-approval changes
  • Classification of quality related variations

Who Should Attend

This seminar will particularly benefit CMC managers, regulatory affairs managers and quality assurance specialists dealing with the

  • the compilation and the maintenance of CTD Module 3 and/or
  • the classification of quality-related changes.

Objective of the Event

This training will provide you with practical information on CMC requirements for marketing authorisation in the ICH region.
Including an update on the new (Draft) ICH M4Q(R2), plus an overview on the Revision of the Classification Guideline.
Our experts will pass on their in-depth knowledge of challenges with essential quality data, CMC writing and global lifecycle management.

The content focus is on small molecules, biologics will be addressed during another event, see seminar recommendation.

Your Benefit

Your learning outcomes after having participated:

  • Knowledge of regulatory framework in Europe and the ICH region
  • Ability to choose the essential quality data for drug substance and drug product section of Module 3
  • CMC writing skills
  • Background knowledge in interdisciplinary field: non-clinical, GMP and clinical meets CMC
  • Familiarity with lifecycle management in a global environment
  • The ability to classify quality-related changes

Programme

Day 1: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Day 2: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Day 1

09:00

Welcome and introduction

09:15

Introduction to RA/CMC in EU in a nutshell
Dr Margit Schnee
  • Legal framework
  • Introduction to submission
  • ICH requirements: Structure of the CTD

09:45

Quality data for marketing authorisation
Dr Andrea Förster, Dr Margit Schnee
  • Essential quality data for Module 3
    • Drug substance: From starting material to stability (re-test period)
    • Drug product: From pharmaceutical development to stability (shelf-life)

10:45

Coffee break

11:00

Continuation: Quality data for the marketing authorization

12:30

Lunch break

13:30

Continuation: Quality data for the marketing authorization
Dr Andrea Förster, Dr Margit Schnee

14:45

Coffee break

15:00

CTD CMC documentation: Practical aspects
Dr Andrea Förster, Dr Margit Schnee
  • Pharmaceutical writing: Essential data vs. dossier maintenance burden
  • Quality Overall Summary (QOS)
  • Drug substance: How to avoid common mistakes?
  • Active Substance Master Files (ASMF), Certificate of Suitability (CEP)
  • Drug substance analysis by finished product manufacturer

17:00

End of day 1
09:00

Welcome and introduction

09:15

Introduction to RA/CMC in EU in a nutshell

Dr Margit Schnee

  • Legal framework
  • Introduction to submission
  • ICH requirements: Structure of the CTD
09:45

Quality data for marketing authorisation

Dr Andrea Förster, Dr Margit Schnee

  • Essential quality data for Module 3
    • Drug substance: From starting material to stability (re-test period)
    • Drug product: From pharmaceutical development to stability (shelf-life)
10:45

Coffee break

11:00

Continuation: Quality data for the marketing authorization

12:30

Lunch break

13:30

Continuation: Quality data for the marketing authorization

14:45

Coffee break

15:00

CTD CMC documentation: Practical aspects

Dr Andrea Förster, Dr Margit Schnee

  • Pharmaceutical writing: Essential data vs. dossier maintenance burden
  • Quality Overall Summary (QOS)
  • Drug substance: How to avoid common mistakes?
  • Active Substance Master Files (ASMF), Certificate of Suitability (CEP)
  • Drug substance analysis by finished product manufacturer
17:00

End of day 1

Day 2

09:00

Challenges in the interdisciplinary field
Dr Margit Schnee
  • GMP meets regulatory affairs
    • Mandatory documents (QP-declaration, GMP certificates, process validation, etc.)
  • Non-clinical and clinical meets CMC

10:15

Coffee break

10:30

Management of post-approval changes
Dr Martina Dressler
  • Regulatory processes dependent on variation type
  • Grouping/Worksharing processes
  • Art 61 (3)
  • Company internal CMC-related change processes
  • Lifecycle Management (ICH Q12, Q14)

12:45

Lunch break

13:45

Case study: Evaluation of the CMC data
Dr Margit Schnee
  • CTD relevance?
  • Requirements for a planned variation

15:00

Coffee break

15:15

Classification of quality-related variations
Dr Martina Dressler
  • Interactive session on various variation types
    • Drug substance example
    • Drug product example
  • Pitfalls/Grey areas within regulations

16:45

Q&As

17:00

End of training course
09:00

Challenges in the interdisciplinary field

Dr Margit Schnee

  • GMP meets regulatory affairs
    • Mandatory documents (QP-declaration, GMP certificates, process validation, etc.)
  • Non-clinical and clinical meets CMC
10:15

Coffee break

10:30

Management of post-approval changes

Dr Martina Dressler

  • Regulatory processes dependent on variation type
  • Grouping/Worksharing processes
  • Art 61 (3)
  • Company internal CMC-related change processes
  • Lifecycle Management (ICH Q12, Q14)
12:45

Lunch break

13:45

Case study: Evaluation of the CMC data

Dr Margit Schnee

  • CTD relevance?
  • Requirements for a planned variation
15:00

Coffee break

15:15

Classification of quality-related variations

Dr Martina Dressler

  • Interactive session on various variation types
    • Drug substance example
    • Drug product example
  • Pitfalls/Grey areas within regulations
16:45

Q&As

17:00

End of training course

Downloads

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Prospekt

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Abbreviation list_Drug Regulatory Affairs and CMC

Weitere Informationen


Qualification course "CMC-Specialist"

This seminar is the basic module of our qualification programme "CMC-Specialist".

The course concept:

  • You attend our basic course "CMC Management in Regulatory Affairs"
  • Afterwards you select and participate in 3 further seminar modules (= 3 seminar days), which you can put together individually from the course curriculum
  • You will receive structured further training and comprehensive knowledge on topics relating to CMC management
  • You can specialise according to your main field of interest through the targeted selection of seminars

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