APIC颁布原料药工厂清洁验证指南AnAPICmultinationalworkinggrouphascompiledanewguidanceoncleaningvalidationwiththetitleAPICGuidanceonAspectsofCleaningValidationinActivePharmaceuticalIngredientsPlants.PublicationdateisMay2014andthedocumentcanbedownloadedfromtheAPICwebsite.Thefollowingisasummarydescriptionofthedocument.Thedocumentcontains55pagesandissubdividedinto13chapters.APIC多国工作组汇编了新的清洁验证指南,题为“APIC原料药工厂清洁验证指南面面观”。颁布日期为2014年5月,文件可以从APIC官网下载。以下是该文件的摘要。文件包括55页,分为13章。Foreword前言Objective目的Scope范围AcceptanceCriteria可接受标准LevelsofCleaning清洁水平ControlofCleaningProcess清洁工艺控制BracketingandWorstCaseRating括号法和最差情况分类法DeterminationoftheAmountofResidue残留量的检测CleaningValidationProtocol清洁验证方案ValidationQuestions验证问题References参考文献Glossary术语CopyrightandDisclaimer版权和声明ThetopiccleaningvalidationgainednewimportanceintheEUwiththepublicationoftheEMAGuidelineGuidelineonsettinghealthbasedexposurelimitsforuseinriskidentificationinthemanufactureofdifferentmedicinalproductsinsharedfacilitiesandwiththechapterCleaningValidationinthedraftoftherevisionofAnnex15.Theforewordreferstotheintegrationofcleaningvalidationwithinaqualitysystemsupportedbyqualityriskmanagementprocessesinordertoprotectthepatients.AccordingtotheauthorsthedocumentisalignedwithISPERisk-MaPPanditrecommendstherevisedPDATechnicalReport29asavaluableguidancedocument.Thedocumentissupposedtoassistcompaniesincleaningvalidationandtoserveasastartingpointforinternaldiscussions.Itshouldinnowaybeconsideredasatechnicalstandard.Thedocumentaddressessixtopics:清洁验证主题在欧盟EMA指南前言指出了清洁验证应与质量体系结合,由质量风险管理过程支持,以保护患者利益。根据文件作者们所言,该文件与ISPE的药品风险管理是一致的,并推荐将修订后的PDA第29号技术报告作为参考文件。该文件意在清洁验证方面给公司提供帮助,作为内部讨论的基础,而不应作为一个技术标准。文件阐述了以下6个主题:Acceptancecriteria可接受标准Levelsofcleaning清洁水平Controlofthecleaningprocess清洁工艺的控制Bracketingandworstcaserating括号法和最差情况分类法Determinationoftheamountofresidue残留量的检测Cleaningvalidationprotocol清洁验证方案AcceptanceCriteria(Chapter4)可接受标准(第4章)Theacceptancecriteriapreferablyshouldbebasedontheacceptabledailyexposure(ADE)calculationswheneverthisdataisavailable.Alternatively,occupationalexposurelimits(OEL)arerecommendedasacceptancecriteria.Thedocumentthenpresentsexamplesforthecalculationofacceptancecriteria.BasedupontheADEthemaximumallowablecarryover(MACO)iscalculatedbywayofexample.如果可以得到可接受日暴露(ADE)值,则可接受标准应优先采用ADE进行计算。另外,也推荐采用职业暴露限度(OEL)值作为可接受标准。文件举出了可接受标准的计算实例,例中采了ADE计算允许最大残留(MACO)值。As(further)examplesforacceptancecriteriaandtheircalculationthedocumentlists:文件中给出了可接受标准及其计算样例:Acceptancecriteriausinghealth-baseddata(ADE,MACO)采用健康的数据(ADE、MACO)计算可接受标准Acceptancecriteriabasedonthetherapeuticdailydose(TDD)采用日治疗剂量(TDD)计算可接受标准AcceptancecriteriabasedonLD50采用半数致死量计算可接受标准Acceptancecriteriabasedonagenerallimit(ppmvalue)采用通用限度(ppm值)计算可接受标准Thesamechapteraddressesthecalculationofacceptancecriteriabymeansofswabandrinsetests.Thechaptercloseswitharationalefortheuseofdifferentlimitsinpharmaceuticalandchemicalproductionofactivepharmaceuticalingredients.Acompetentchemistshouldaccompanythefindingofarationale.Itismentionedexpresslythatintheproductionofactivepharmaceuticalingredientstheriskofcarry-overofcontaminantsbecauseofmanufacturingprocesses(suchasextractionorfiltration...)canbemuchlowerthaninthemanufactureofmedicinalproducts.Basedonthisconsiderationlimitscouldbesethigher.Naturally,theseconsiderationsdonotapplytophysicalmanufacturingprocesses(drying,milling).Inthiscase,themethodsappliedshouldbethosenormallyusedinpharmaceuticalproduction.Annex1containsfiveexamplesofMACOcalculationsaccordingtotheacceptancecriteriamentionedabove.在同一章中,还说明了采用擦拭和淋洗取样方式如何计算可接受标准。该章结尾阐述了在原料药生产中,采用与药品生产所不同的限度的合理性。需要有一名具备资质的化学家审核限度的合理性。文件中提到,在原料药生产中,由于生产工艺的特点(例如萃取或过滤),污染物被带入下一产品的风险比起制剂生产过程来,要低的多。基于该考虑,可以将限度设定在较高数值。当然,这些考虑并不适用于物理生产过程(干燥、磨粉),这些步骤中应使用制剂生产中的常规方法。附录1包括了5个根据上述可接受标准计算MACO的实例。LevelsofCleaning(chapter5)清洁水平(第5章)Dependingonthestepofmanufactureand/ortheuseofmulti-purposeequipmentthecleaningintensityvaries.Thedocumentrecommendsthatatleastthreelevelsofcleaning(level0-2)areimplementedaccordingtothedifficultyofcleaning.Dependingontheleveldifferentactivitiesarerequiredasconcernsvisualinspection,analyticalverificationandcleaningvalidation.Anexamplepresentsdifferentproductchangeoverscenarios.Inthatcasethenumberofcleaningvalidationactivitiesisdefinedwithatleastthreeconsecutiveruns.Incasesinwhichittakessometimetofinalizethecleaningvalidationcleaningverificationhastobeperformedinthemeantime.Inthecourseofcleaningvalidationthedirtyholdtimeshouldalsobedetermined.根据生产步骤和/或设备是否为多用途情况,清洁的程度会有很大差异。文中推荐根据清洁的难度,至少将清洁分为3级(0-2)。在不同水平,要求实施不同的操作,如目视检查、检测验收和清洁验证。文中给出一个更换产品的例子。在这种情况下,清洁验证活动的次数被界定为至少3个连续轮次。如果需要较长时间来对清洁验证做出结论,则在同时要进行清洁验收。在清洁验证中,还要确定未清洁前状态保持时长。Thewholeprocessisdividedinto:整个过程分为Cleaningprocessdesign(understandingthecleaningprocessresiduesandestablishingastrategyforthecleaningprocesscontrol;清洁工艺设计(对工艺残留清洁的了解,建立清洁工艺控制的策略)Cleaningprocessqualification(demonstratesthatthecleaningprocedureworksasexpected.Thisincludesqualificationofspecificequipment,cleaningoperationalparameters,trainingofoperators,identificationofcriticalcleaninglocations);清洁工艺确认(证明清洁方法能达到预期目标。这包括对特殊设备确认