Contract Manufacturing Arrangements for Drugs: Quality Agreements; Guidance for Industry; Availability

Samenvatting

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled "Contract Manufacturing Arrangements for Drugs: Quality Agreements." This guidance describes FDA's current thinking on defining, establishing, and documenting manufacturing activities of the parties involved in contract drug manufacturing subject to current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) requirements. In particular, we describe how parties involved in contract drug manufacturing can use quality agreements to delineate their manufacturing activities to ensure compliance with CGMP.