QbD: Improving Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing Workflows to Deliver Better Patient Outcomes

There is growing appreciation within the pharmaceutical industry that late-stage QC testing may not be the most effective or efficient way to deliver quality products. After all, quality cannot be ‘tested’ into a product – it should be there by design. As a result, many companies are adopting a quality-by-design approach (QbD) to product development, underpinned by systematic, data-driven strategies.

In an article published in Pharmaceutical Technology, Dr Martin Koeberle (Head of Analytical Development &Stability Testing) and Wolfgang Schiemenz (Senior Manager of QbD & Drug Regulatory Affairs) discuss:

  • The fundamental principles of QbD and how they can be adopted in pharmaceutical development
  • How a QbD approach can simplify regulatory compliance and enable manufacturers to operate within a broader design space
  • How QbD can simplify scale-up and reduce development risk
  • How real-time release testing can enable developers to increase output, reduce throughput times, and lower costs

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