WHO GMP Standards for Production & Quality Control of Pharmaceutical Products:

Good Manufacturing Practices: 

Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP, also referred to as 'cGMP' or 'current Good Manufacturing Practice') is the aspect of quality assurance that ensures that medicinal products are consistently produced and controlled to the quality standards appropriate to their intended use and as required by the product specification.

GMP defines quality measures for both production and quality control and defines general measures to ensure that processes necessary for production and testing are clearly defined, validated, reviewed, and documented, and that the personnel, premises and materials are suitable for the production of pharmaceuticals and biologicals including vaccines. GMP also has legal components, covering responsibilities for distribution, contract manufacturing and testing, and responses to product defects and complaints. Specific GMP requirements.

This article contains the list of GMP Guidelines applicable for the Production and Quality Control of the Pharmaceutical Products such as Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients; Pharmaceutical Excipients & Pharmaceutical Products Containing Hazardous Substances. 

GMP Guidelines: Production:

Production covers all operations involved in the preparation of a pharmaceutical product, from receipt of materials, through processing, packaging and repackaging, labeling and relabeling, to completion of the finished product.

Guidelines: Production

 

https://www.who.int/teams/health-product-and-policy-standards/standards-and-specifications/norms-and-standards-for-pharmaceuticals/guidelines/production

 

WHO good manufacturing practices for pharmaceutical products: Main principles

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-good-manufacturing-practices-for-pharmaceutical-products-main-principles-a

 

WHO good manufacturing practices for active pharmaceutical ingredients (bulk drug substances)

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-good-manufacturing-practices-for-active-pharmaceutical-ingredients-(bulk-drug-substances)

 

WHO good manufacturing practices for the manufacture of pharmaceutical excipients

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-good-manufacturing-practices-for-the-manufacture-of-pharmaceutical-excipients

 

WHO good manufacturing practices for pharmaceutical products containing hazardous substances

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-good-manufacturing-practices-for-pharmaceutical-products-containing-hazardous-substances


Quality Control GMP Guidelines:

The term “quality control” refers to the sum of all procedures undertaken to ensure the identity and purity of a particular pharmaceutical. Such procedures may range from the performance of simple chemical experiments which determine the identity and screening for the presence of particular pharmaceutical substances (e.g. thin layer chromatography, infrared spectroscopy, and so on), to more complicated requirements of pharmacopoeial monographs. Activities extend to the area of quality control laboratories (e.g. good laboratory management practices, models, for example for certificates of analysis and lists of laboratory equipment, and an external assessment scheme). 


Quality control guidelines

 

https://www.who.int/teams/health-product-and-policy-standards/standards-and-specifications/norms-and-standards-for-pharmaceuticals/guidelines/quality-control

 

Pharmacopoeias

 

WHO good pharmacopoeial practices: Chapter on compounding - TRS 1010 - Annex 6

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-good-pharmacopoeial-practices-chapter-on-compounding---trs-1010---annex-6

 

WHO good pharmacopoeial practices: Chapter on herbal medicines - TRS 1010 - Annex 7

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-good-pharmacopoeial-practices-chapter-on-herbal-medicines---trs-1010---annex-7

 

WHO good pharmacopoeial practices

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-good-pharmacopoeial-practices

 

Analysis of samples

 

WHO considerations for requesting analysis of medicines samples - TRS 1010 - Annex 3

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-considerations-for-requesting-analysis-of-medicines-samples---trs-1010---annex-3

 

WHO model certificate of analysis - TRS 1010 - Annex 4

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-model-certificate-of-analysis---trs-1010---annex-4

 

Laboratory guidelines

 

WHO good practices for pharmaceutical quality control laboratories - TRS 957 - Annex 1

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-good-practices-for-pharmaceutical-quality-control-laboratories---trs-957---annex-1   

 

WHO good practices for pharmaceutical microbiology laboratories - TRS 961 - Annex 2

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-good-practices-for-pharmaceutical-microbiology-laboratories---trs-961---annex-2

 

WHO good chromatography practices - TRS 1025 - Annex 4

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/trs-1025---annex-4-who-good-chromatography-practices

 

Plant materials

 

Quality control methods for medicinal plant materials

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/quality-control-methods-for-medicinal-plant-materials

 

WHO guidelines for selecting marker substances of herbal origin for quality control of herbal medicines - TRS 1003 - Annex 1

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-guidelines-for-selecting-marker-substances-of-herbal-origin-for-quality-control-of-herbal-medicines---trs-1003---annex-1

 

Screening tests

 

Basic tests for drugs: pharmaceutical substances, medicinal plant materials and dosage forms

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/basic-tests-for-drugs-pharmaceutical-substances-medicinal-plant-materials-and-dosage-forms

International Pharmacopoeia and International Reference Standards

The International Pharmacopoeia

 

https://www.who.int/teams/health-product-policy-and-standards/standards-and-specifications/norms-and-standards-for-pharmaceuticals/pharmacopoeia

 

WHO International Chemical Reference Substances (ICRS): Purposes & Use

 

https://www.edqm.eu/en/WHO-ICRS-Reference-Substances-1393.html

 

WHO general guidelines for the establishment, maintenance and distribution of chemical reference substances - TRS 943 - Annex 3

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-general-guidelines-for-the-establishment-maintenance-and-distribution-of-chemical-reference-substances---trs-943---annex-3

The International Pharmacopoeia: Updating mechanism for the section on radiopharmaceuticals - TRS 992 - Annex 2

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/the-international-pharmacopoeia-procedure-for-the-development-of-monographs-and-other-texts---trs-1025---annex-1

 

The International Pharmacopoeia: Related substances tests - dosage form monographs guidance notes - TRS 943 - Annex 1

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/the-international-pharmacopoeia-related-substances-tests---dosage-form-monographs-guidance-notes---trs-943---annex-1

Testing of suspect samples

 

WHO guidance on testing of “suspect” falsified medicines - TRS 1010 – Annex 5

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-guidance-on-testing-of-suspect-falsified-medicines---trs-1010---annex-5

WHO recommendations for quality requirements when plant‑derived artemisinin is used as a starting material in the production of antimalarial active pharmaceutical ingredients - TRS 992 – Annex 6

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-recommendations-for-quality-requirements-when-plant-derived-artemisinin-is-used-as-a-starting-material-in-the-production-of-antimalarial-active-pharmaceutical-ingredients---trs-992---annex-6

 

UNFPA-WHO technical specifications for male latex condoms - TRS 1025 - Annex  10

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/unfpa-who-technical-specifications-for-male-latex-condoms---trs-1025---annex-10

 

UNFPA-WHO specifications for plain lubricants - TRS 1025 - Annex 11

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/unfpa-who-specifications-for-plain-lubricants---trs-1025---annex-11

 

WHO guidelines for sampling of pharmaceutical products and related materials - TRS 1025 - Annex 4

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-guidelines-for-sampling-of-pharmaceutical-products-and-related-materials

 

Procurement

 

WHO model certificate of analysis - TRS 1010 - Annex 4

 

https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/who-model-certificate-of-analysis---trs-1010---annex-4


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