Process Validation
Purpose
To establish documented evidence which provides a high degree of assurance that the production process will consistently produce a product meeting its pre-determined specifications and quality attributes. It is to distinguish between “prospektiv”, “retrospektiv” and “concurrent” process validation.
Prerequisites
- Validation / qualification system (SOPs) should be in place
- All the equipments, production environment and utilities (HVAC, purified water, compressed air, etc) have been fully qualified.
- All the quality critical measuring instruments have been calibrated.
- Analytical methods have been validated.
- Master and batch production instructions are available, up to date and approved
- Staff taking part in validation work should have been appropriately trained.
- Discussions with client are required throughout the whole validation process.
Procedures
- Discuss with client about their requirements and collect the required information for quotation (Signing of Secrecy Agreement recommended).
- Prepare an offer (fixed rate difficult, depends on the process and process steps).
- Sign the contract and project commence.
- Nominate a Validation Team.
- Prepare a Validation Master Plan (VMP).
- Prepare basic SOPs for process validation if not yet available
- Perform a risk assessment (FMEA, HACCP or other type) to define the critical steps to be validated and the critical parameters (etc) to be monitored.
- Prepare a Project Plan Validation (PPV).
- Prepare Validation Protocols and SOPs for approval by client.
- Collect all records and data of the last 20 to 30 batches and check and evaluate the predefined critical parameters in case of a retrospective validation
- Train the production staff based on the validation protocol (prospective validation)
- Production staffs in manufacturer perform the production runs for prospective or concurrent Process Validation and generate the batch records, analytical records and printouts.
- Discuss the results within the validation team and evaluate all deviations
- Prepare the Validation Report for approval by client.
- Compile all the relevant documents in the Validation Master File.
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