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Development of quality-by-design analytical methods.

Frederick G Vogt¹, Alireza S Kord

¹Preclinical Development, GlaxoSmithKline plc, 709 Swedeland Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, USA.

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Quality-by-design (QbD) principles enhance analytical method development by ensuring predefined goals and systematic risk management. This approach optimizes method performance, ensuring reliability and control throughout the drug development lifecycle.

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Area of Science:

Pharmaceutical Science
Analytical Chemistry

Background:

Quality-by-design (QbD) is a systematic approach to drug development focused on product and process understanding.
The QbD framework can be effectively applied to analytical method development to ensure optimal performance and reliability.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the current application of analytical QbD principles in the pharmaceutical industry.
To demonstrate the extension of QbD concepts to various analytical methods for improved drug development.

Main Methods:

Systematic evaluation and scouting of alternative analytical methods.
Risk assessment and structured evaluation of candidate methods.
Assessment of method robustness and ruggedness criteria.

Main Results:

Analytical QbD enables a thorough understanding and improvement of method performance.
A control strategy can be defined to manage risks and ensure consistent method execution.
Examples of analytical QbD application across diverse methods like HPLC, Karl Fischer titration, spectroscopy, color measurement, and trace analysis for genotoxic impurities are presented.

Conclusions:

Applying QbD principles to analytical methods is crucial for robust drug development.
Analytical QbD ensures methods are well-understood, controlled, and perform reliably post-validation.
This systematic approach supports the development of high-quality pharmaceutical products.