Introduction – Revision, Consultaion and the Annex 1 Task Force of RCA/EQPA
The Drivers for Updating the Annex 1 and the Major Changes Introduced
- Introduction of Annex 1
- Overview of drafting process
- Major changes introduced
Contamination Control Strategy - Inspector´s View on an Overarching Strategy - Requirements
- Expectations & Interpretations
ECA CCS Guideline: Example in Documenting the CCS and Future Challenges to Evaluate CCS Performance
- Present the ECA guideline and Approach
- Share example of elements to add in a CCS document using ECA template
- Key information to have in a CCS
- Future challenge: use of statistic and novel software to achieve holistic assessment approach
Structure and Design – Practical Aspects for a CCS
- How to develop the strategy
- How to have your documents available and accessible
Process Simulation – Annex 1 Requirements
- Requirements
- Expectations & Interpretations
Aseptic Process Simulation (APS /Media Fill) – Industrial Point of View
- Different Designs / Simulation long filling times
- Risk-based approach for interventions
Sterile Filtration – Pre-Requisites, must Haves, and Exceptions
- The revised Annex 1 describes requirements when validating and utilizing a membrane filter to sterilize a medicinal product. There are still open questions such as
- Redundant filtration – the extra piece of mind?
- PUPSIT required – but exceptions allowed?
- Filter inside or outside the isolator?
PUPSIT – Annex 1 - Application of Risk Management
- PUPSIT: Risk Assessment for PUPSIT and Considerations of Associated Risks in Established Processes
- Risks of flaw masking and filter damage
- Product and process evaluations
- Risk - Benefit analysis
CCIT – In the Light of the New Annex 1
- Requirements for CCIT in finishing of sterile products
- Overview of CCIT Methods
- Applicability of the different technologies for the final containers
EudraLex Annex 1 Vol. 4 (August 2022) - Impact for Cleaning and Disinfection
- Regulations relating to cleaning, disinfection
- Impact to disinfectant selection and regime design
- Challenges of disinfectant residue management
Qualification of a Disinfection System Complying Annex 1 - Industrial Experiences
- Case study for qualification of disinfectants
- Efficacy – how to control?
Annex 1’s “Specific Risks Associated with Single-Use Systems”
- Challenges when using Single-Use Systems (SUS) in sterile manufacturing
- Annex 1’s expectations, such as supplier qualification, extractables evaluation, verification of integrity throughout the process, incoming control, operator training
- SUS and closed systems
Quality Risk Management in the Manufacture of Sterile Medicinal Products – Inspector’s Experiences
- QRM in the Annex 1, more than CCS
- Inspectors expectations on implementation of QRM principle
- Best and worst case examples
Quality Risk Management in Sterile Manufacturing
- Dos and don’ts
- Practical examples
- Key steps in executing a risk assessment
Enhanced Requirements on Facilities and Utilities
- Utilities: water, steam and gases
- Facilities: airlocks and pass-boxes ; insertion of barrier technologies
- Implicit requirements
Barrier Systems – the Current Way
- What makes a real barrier?
- What are the limitations of isolators, of RABS?
- Are Isolators less “performant” than RABS?
Isolators and Annex 1 – Technical and Practical Challenges
Personnel - Behaviour and Access into Cleanrooms
- Requirements for personnel in new Annex 1
- Developments since version 2008 of Annex 1
- Comments of inspector on implementation
Environmental & Process Monitoring - Inspector´s View
- Summary of Requirements from entire Annex 1
- Essentials for Inspection
Optimizing your EM Program as per Revised Annex 1
- Traditional vs Rapid Methods
- EM risk assessment
- Recovery studies
- Data integrity
Annex 1 in The Age of Digitization: Re-imagining Contamination
- TCCS and its parts – from MSC up to Monitoring
- The benefits o a risk-based system- from DI up to trending
- Takeaway Tools
- Digitization in quality management and contamination control
- Remote and hybrid work
- Integrated Metrics
- Process flow metrics and KBIs
Comparison of Annex 1 with Other Relevant
- Documents
- Clean Room Grades
- Gowning
- Monitoring
- Trending
Annex 1: Industry Assessment after the two Rounds of Consultation
- Short discussion of selected paragraphs
- What could be achieved in the consultation?
- What to look out for in future inspections?
- What stumbling blocks have remained?