vendor validation is important now a days in pharmaceutical industries.
vendor is authorizes seller of raw material,equipment and packaging material to the pharmaceutical organization.
3. Introduction
Validation
“Establishing documented evidence which
provides a high degree of assurance that a specific
process will consistently produce a product
meeting its predetermined specifications and
process that give consistent results.”
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4. Importance of Validation
It ensure conformation to cGMP
requirements.
It helps to identify root cause of problem.
It maintains a company’s public image and
also that of the health care community.
It documents that the final product has
fallowed reliable manufacturing processes.
It documents that the process or activity in
control.
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5. Types Of Validation
Following are five types of validation
1)Process Validation
2)Analytical Validation
3)Equipment Validation
4)Cleaning Validation
5)Vendor validation
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6. Who is Vendor
Definition : Vendor
“Is the authorised seller or the supplier
who provide the raw material(API),packaging
material and equipment to the pharmaceutical
organization for the production good quality of
product”
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7. Vendor validation
It is documented evidence and process of
evaluating and approving potential supplier
by quantitative assessment.
The purpose of supplier evaluation is ensure
a portfolio of best in class supplier is
available for use.
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8. Why vendor validation??
Used to determine if the vendor is appropriate
for the scope of work.
Supplier or customer commitment to a long
term relationship.
Information sharing.
Joint agreement on specifications and
performance standards.
Performance measurement and feedback.
Customer confidence
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9. Steps in Vendor Validation
01. Requirement for validation
02. Regulatory Agencies
03. Flow Process for sample analysis
04.Classification of Vendor
05. Selection of Vendor
06. Due Diligence Process
07. Quality Assessment of Vendor
08. Change control and Production
Assessment
09. Monitoring and Evaluation
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10. 01 Requirement for vendor validation
Documents
- User Requirement Specification(URS).
- Vendor Assessment Questionnaire.
- Approved vendor list.
Responsibility
- Purchase head (identify potential supplier).
- Production (URS and Plant Trials)
- QC (check URS , test sample and trial material)
- QA (Monitor, approve URS, periodic evaluation)
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11. Cont…
Validation team
-Personnel from:-
- QC department
- QA department
- Production department
- Store department
- Engineering department
- Regulatory department
- Purchase department
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12. 02. Regulatory Agencies
Following are Regulatory Agencies
1. USFDA ( United State Food And Drug
Administration)
2. WHO (World Health Organization)
3. FDA (Food And Drug Administration)
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13. 03.Flow Process for sample analysis
Supplier selection
URS
Questionnaire
Receive sample form supplier with COA
Analysis / testing as per COA & URS
After passing analytical testing Plant Trials
Trial batches to QC for analysis
Satisfactory result / analytical / trial / meeting with standard
specification
Proceed to next step of vendor validation.
fig. flow of analysis and approving vendor sample
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14. 04.Classification of Vendor
Based on Performance and Quality of
material
Four types
1) Fully Satisfactory
2) Limited or mainly Satisfactory
3) Partially Satisfactory
4) Not Satisfactory
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15. 05. Selection criteria
URS
- Name of Product
- Material Specification
- Quantity Required
Questionnaire
- Raw material specifications
- Mfg /Packaging/Labeling Detail
- MSDS
- Certification from standard agencies
- Analytical test method
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16. Cont…
Assurance of supply-
- Capacity
- Safely/ Health / environment risk
- Business stability
- Delivery performance
- Supply chain Management
Quality & Regulatory Compliance
- cGMP / Regulatory
- Recall and complaints
- Documentation/ Quality control
- Process Validation 16
17. Cont…
Procurement / cost
- Cost management
- Emerging market
- Target Price
Technical / Innovation support
- Plant Capability
- Business problem resolving capability
- Technical skill /Staff Qualification
- Control system
Responsiveness and communication
- Resource availability
- Ease of communication
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18. 06. Due Diligence Process
Following things should be check
General material information
Quality system
Plant visit
Documentation
Manufacturing Process
Physical properties of material
Analytical and stability profile
Regulatory
Intellectual property
Safety/ environmental / health
Economics
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19. 07. Quality Assessment of Vendor
Basically it depend on the types of
material required from vendor
Following types
1) API
2) Critical raw Material
3) Non-critical raw Material
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20. Table vendor quality assessment
Parameter Raw Material Type
API Critical Raw
material
Non-critical Raw
material
TSE/BSE
Assessment
Y Y Y
Tanker cleaning
Assessment
Y Y Y
Supplier/Mfg
Questionnaire
Y Y Y
Mfg Audit Y Y* N
Historical
Performance
Y Y Y
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Y - Yes mandatory with raw material
N- No
Y*- If demanded by manufacturer.
21. Cont….
Parameter Raw Material Type
API Critical Raw
Material
Non-Critical Raw
Material
cGMP
Compliance
History
Y Y* N
3rd Party
Certification
Y Y* N
Contract
Agreement
Y Y Y
Quality
Agreement
Y Y Y
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Y - Yes mandatory with raw material
N- No
Y*- If demanded by manufacturer.
22. 08.Change control and Production
Assessment
Change control and Production
assessment follow five main steps-
1. Initiation of Change
2. Execution of Change
3. Evaluation of Change
4. Closure of the Temporary Change Control
Package
5. Preparation for Ongoing Monitoring
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23. 09.Monitoring and Evaluation
All documentation and qualification and
approved order of raw material.
Periodic evaluation and monitoring
Responsibility
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24. Cases
The following are some cases which
due to violations of GMP
1. The gentamicin sulphate case in which
unknown contamination leads to total
around 65 death in USA in 1994 and
1999.
2. The heparin case in 2008, causing
around 150 fatalities in the US due to
deliberate contamination of the API with
a Bogus substance.
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25. Warning letter
Sr. no Name of
company
Date observation Corrective
action taken
01 Vendor
unlimited
corporation
,Dubuque
18 Nov 2011 Certificate of
Analysis
(CoA) from
your stopper
suppliers
without
conducting
adequate
vendor
qualification.
Vendor
validation
required
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26. Conclusion
Vendor plays very important role in manufacturing of
product.
Approved vendor must have license from regulatory
agencies
All the documents, reports and contracts must have
approved by authority body from the organization.
Contract must have approved from both the parties
vendor and company.
COA and IHS report must be in the specification limit
and complies with standard.
The classification of vendor is accordingly their
satisfactory results of material.
To avoid complaints and product related problem vendor
must be validated which gives better result and save
time and money.
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27. References
1. James Agalloco and Frederick J. Carleton, Validation of
Pharmaceutical Processes, Third Edition, Page No-529-
540
2. Syed Imtiaz Haider, Validation standard Oprating
Procedures, Second Edition, Informa healthcare, page
no-461-466
3. M.A. Potdar , Current Good Manufacturing Practices,
Pharma-Med Press, Hyderabad.
4. Dr. Sohan S. Chitlange, Dr. Pravin D. Chaudhari,
Pharmaceutical Validation , Pharma-tree educations,
SPD Pvt.Ltd. Akrudi, Pune. Page No-7.1-7.9
5. www. USFDA.com / Warning letter / general warning
letter. Date – March 14,2017
6. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/vendor-
validtion date- march15,2017
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