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Content and Format of Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls Information and Establishment Description Information for a Vaccine or Related Product: Guidance for Industry

FinalCenter for Biologics Evaluation and Research01/05/1999

Description

In the Federal Register of July 8, 1997, the Food and Drug Administration announced the availability of Revised Form FDA 356h, "Application to Market a New Drug, Biologic, or an Antibiotic for Human Use.” This document provides guidance on the content and format of the Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) and Establishment Description sections of a License Application for a vaccine or related product. Reagents for in vitro diagnostic use are outside the scope of this document

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

9
Vaccine

Preventative or therapeutic vaccines for infectious diseases.

Combination Vaccines

Guidance for Industry for the Evaluation of Combination Vaccines

Synthetic Drug Substance

Includes synthetic peptides and conjugates

Plasmid DNA vaccines

Microbial cells used as vaccine drug substance

Recombinant DNA products

Derived from microbial cells or modified cell substrates

In vivo diagnostic antigens

Vaccine related products include in vivo diagnostic antigens.

Drug Substance

RTRT and CTD sections apply to drug substances

Drug Product

RTRT and CTD sections apply to drug products

Combination Vaccine

each active substance should be described

Stakeholders

3
Manufacturer

Entity responsible for submitting NDINs

Contractors

personnel who must receive training on Listeria control

Independent contractors

responsible for manufacture or testing

Regulatory Context

Attributes

5
Air quality classification

measured during operations to prevent contamination; Floor diagram of facility areas should include air quality classification

Expiration dating period

established based on data from stability studies

Bioburden

Level and type of micro-organisms present in materials

Genetic stability

property of the MCB after multiple passages

Specific pathogen free

Health status of animals used for propagation

Identified Hazards

Hazards

5
Cross-contamination risk

Addressed in the contamination/cross contamination issues section.

Bioburden

microbiological contamination risk in bulk solution

Adventitious agents

Safety concern regarding viral contamination

Adventitious agent

Potential that transformation was caused by an adventitious agent; A microorganism inadvertently introduced into the production of a biological product.; Detection of contaminants in cell substrates and vaccine components

Cross-contamination

Risk associated with construction, traffic flow, and shared equipment.; Risk from raw food to RTE food or from insanitary objects; Personnel handling RTE foods touch contaminated surfaces

Related CFR Sections (1)

See Also (8)

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