An efficient, maintenance free and approved method for spectroscopic control and monitoring of blend uniformity: The moving F-test
| Autor: | Kaspar van den Dries, Rut Besseling, Michiel Damen, Thanh N. Tran, Ad Gerich, Thanh T. Nguyen, Wim Oostra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Drug Compounding
Process analytical technology Clinical Biochemistry Analytical chemistry Pharmaceutical Science Sensitivity and Specificity Quality by Design Analytical Chemistry Excipients Reference Values Robustness (computer science) Drug Discovery Calibration Process control Sensitivity (control systems) Process engineering Spectroscopy Spectroscopy Near-Infrared Chemistry business.industry Process (computing) Reproducibility of Results Unit operation Pharmaceutical Preparations Spectrophotometry Drug Design Powders business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 114:471-481 |
| ISSN: | 0731-7085 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpba.2015.06.019 |
| Popis: | Dry powder mixing is a wide spread Unit Operation in the Pharmaceutical industry. With the advent of in-line Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy and Quality by Design principles, application of Process Analytical Technology to monitor Blend Uniformity (BU) is taking a more prominent role. Yet routine use of NIR for monitoring, let alone control of blending processes is not common in the industry, despite the improved process understanding and (cost) efficiency that it may offer. Method maintenance, robustness and translation to regulatory requirements have been important barriers to implement the method. This paper presents a qualitative NIR-BU method offering a convenient and compliant approach to apply BU control for routine operation and process understanding, without extensive calibration and method maintenance requirements. The method employs a moving F-test to detect the steady state of measured spectral variances and the endpoint of mixing. The fundamentals and performance characteristics of the method are first presented, followed by a description of the link to regulatory BU criteria, the method sensitivity and practical considerations. Applications in upscaling, tech transfer and commercial production are described, along with evaluation of the method performance by comparison with results from quantitative calibration models. A full application, in which end-point detection via the F-test controls the blending process of a low dose product, was successfully filed in Europe and Australia, implemented in commercial production and routinely used for about five years and more than 100 batches. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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