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SUPAC-IR: Immediate-Release Solid Oral Dosage Forms: Scale-Up and Post-Approval Changes: Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls, In Vitro Dissolution Testing, and In Vivo Bioequivalence Documentation

FinalCenter for Drug Evaluation and Research11/01/1995

Description

This guidance provides recommendations to sponsors of new drug applications (NDA's), abbreviated new drug applications (ANDA's), and abbreviated antibiotic applications (AADA's) who intend, during the postapproval period, to change: 1) the components or composition; 2) the site of manufacture; 3) the scale-up/scale-down of manufacture; and/or 4) the manufacturing (process and equipment) of an immediate release oral formulation.

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

3
Immediate Release Solid Oral Dosage Forms

Applicable to tablets, capsules, and granules/powders for oral suspension.

Solid oral dosage form

General category for tablets and capsules discussed in the coating and drilling sections.

Immediate-Release Solid Oral Dosage Forms

Scope of the bioequivalence guidance; Scope of the guidance document; Scope of the M13B guideline; Scope of the ICH M13B guideline

Stakeholders

2
Personnel

Employees handling RTE foods or cleaning equipment

Subjects

The number of subjects provided in the table (N)

Regulatory Context

Attributes

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Narrow Therapeutic Range

characteristic of a drug that increases risk of adverse effects if clearance is impaired

AUC0-t

area under the concentration-time curve used to assess BE

Cmax

Cmax may be more informative for safety

Similarity factor (f2)

An f2 value between 50 and 100 suggests the two dissolution profiles are similar.

Long-term stability data

Reported in annual report for production batches

Accelerated stability data

Three months of data required for Level 3 changes; Three months of data typically required for Level 2 and Level 3 changes.; Changes Being Effected supplement (all information including accelerated stability data)

Pilot Scale

manufacture representative of full manufacturing scale, minimum one tenth or 100,000 units

High solubility

BCS classification parameter, potentially time-dependent

High permeability

Defined as extent of absorption greater than 90%

Related CFR Sections (6)

See Also (8)