This document presents an overview of the Pharmaceutical Quality Systems (ICH Q10) guideline. ICH Q10 establishes a quality management system model for the pharmaceutical industry and was intended to help companies comply with Good Manufacturing Practices. The objectives of ICH Q10 are to achieve product realization, establish control, and facilitate continual improvement. ICH Q10 also discusses management responsibility, risk management, challenges of implementing the new system, and the relationship between ICH Q10 and other quality standards like GMP.

1. PRESENTED BY:-
BHANDARI UMESH M.
1ST YR M- PHARM.
DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICS.
RCPIPER, SHIRPUR
PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY SYSTEMS
(ICH Q10)

2. CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• OBJECTIVE
• DESIGN AND CONTENT CONSIDERATIONS
• RELATIONSHIP OF ICH Q10 TO GMP REQUIREMENTS
• RELATIONSHIP OF ICH Q10 TO REGULATORY APPROACHES
• MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
• MANAAGEMENT REVIEW
• CHALLENGES
• CONCLUSIONS
• REFERENCES
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3. INTRODUCTION
• ICH - International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for
Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use.
• The objective of ICH is to increase international harmonization of technical
requirements to ensure that safe , effective and high quality medicines are developed
and registered in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Members of ICH
 Japan
 Europe
 USA
• Meeting are conducted twice in year
• Last meeting conducted on 23rd oct 2015 3

4. Purpose
To increase international harmonization of technical
requirements.
Goal
1. To promote international harmonization
2. To make information available on ICH, ICH activities and
ICH guidelines to any country or company
3. To promote a mutual understanding of regional initiatives
4. To strengthen the capacity of drug regulatory authorities
and industry to utilize them.
 Location
. The ICH Secretariat is based in Geneva
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5. PHARMACEUTICAL QUALITY SYSTEMS
(ICH Q10)
• This document establishes a new ICH tripartite guideline describing a model for an
effective quality management system for the pharmaceutical industry
• ICH Q10 was adopted in the year 2008 to establish and implement an effective QA
system in order to comply with GMP.
• This guideline, “pharmaceutical quality systemic on ISO concept.
• ICH Q10 demonstrates industry and regulatory authorities’
• ICH Q10 is not intended to create any new expectations beyond current regulatory
requirements
• Current is Step 4, Version dated 4th June 2008
• Recommended for adoption to the regulatory bodies of the European Union,
Japan and USA
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6. OBJECTIVES
(1) Achieve Product Realization:
To establish, implement & maintain a system that allows the delivery of a products
with the quality attributes appropriate to meet the needs of patient & other stake
holders.
(2) Establish & Maintain a State of Control:
To develop & use effective monitoring & control systems for process performance &
product quality, thereby providing assurance of continued suitability and capability
of processes. Quality Risk Management (QRM) can be useful in identifying the
monitoring and control systems
(3) Facilitate Continual Improvement:
To identify and implement appropriate product quality improvements, process
improvements, variability reduction, innovation & quality system enhancements,
thereby increasing the ability to fulfill quality needs consistently. QRM can be useful
for identifying & prioritizing areas for continual improvement 6

7. DESIGN AND CONTENT CONSIDERATIONS
• The pharmaceutical quality system should be well structured
• Facilitate common understanding and consistent application
• Product lifecycle stages, recognizing the differences among, and the different
goals of each stage
• Manufacturing of procurement of materials, provision of facilities, quality
control and assurance.
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8. SCOPE
• This guideline applies to
• PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG SUBSTANCES AND DRUG PRODUCTS
 Pharmaceutical Development
 Drug substance development,
 Novel excipient development,
 Formulation development,
 Delivery system development,
 Manufacturing process development and scale-up,
 Analytical method development.
• TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
• New product transfers during Development through Manufacturing;
• Transfers within or between manufacturing and testing sites for marketed products.
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9. Commercial Manufacturing:
• Acquisition and control of materials
• Provision of facilities, utilities & equipment;
• Production (including packaging and labeling);
• QC and QA
• Release, Storage
• Distribution (excluding wholesaler activities)
PRODUCT DISCONTINUATION:
• Retention of documentation
• Sample retention
• Continued product assessment and reporting
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10. RELATIONSHIP OF ICH Q10 TO REGIONAL GMP REQUIREMENTS
• Q10 is not a harmonized GMP, Regional GMPs do not currently apply across the
product(s) life cycle but
• GMPs do provide guidance on manufacture and control of pharmaceutical products
• GMPs do provide guidance on most of the essential elements of a Quality Assurance
System
• GMPs address CAPA but not proactive continual improvement
• GMPs touch on management responsibilities
• GMPs do not address the system needed to bring a quality product to market
• However, GMPs are a critical element of an effective Pharmaceutical Quality System
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11. RELATIONSHIP OF ICH Q10 TO REGULATORY APPROACHES
• Regulatory approaches for a specific product or manufacturing facility
• It should be commensurate with the level of product and process understanding
• to enhance science and risk based regulatory
• Regulatory processes will be determined by region.
• pharmaceutical quality system can normally be evaluated during a regulatory
inspection at the manufacturing site.
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12. MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
Management Commitment
Quality Policy
Quality Planning
Resource Management
Internal Communication
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13. MANAAGEMENT REVIEW
• Management should have a formal process for reviewing the pharmaceutical
quality system on a periodic basis.
• i) Measurement of achievement of pharmaceutical quality system objectives
• ii) Assessment of Key Performance Indicators that can be used to monitor the
effectiveness of processes within the pharmaceutical quality system such as,
• Complaint, deviation, CAPA and change management processes;
• Self-assessment processes including audits
• External assessments such as regulatory inspections and findings and
customer audits.
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14. APPLICABILITY AND KEY MASSAGE
• Pharmaceutical Quality System
• Scale-up and Technology Transfer
• Process Validation
• Change Management and Continual Improvement
• Quality Unit (QA/QC) and Batch Release
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15. KEY MASSAGE
• It introduces the involvement and role of senior management
• It introduces a product life cycle perspective
• Quality Risk Management and Knowledge Management are enablers for the
PQS
• Implementation of PQS provides to enhance assurance of product quality
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16. QRM-Quality Risk Management
• QRM is integral to an effective pharmaceutical quality system. It can provide
a proactive approach to identifying, scientifically evaluating & controlling
potential risks to quality. It facilitates continual improvement of process
performance & product quality throughout the product life cycle.
• QRM can be applied to different aspects of pharmaceutical quality
(e.g. Design & content consideration)
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17. CHALLENGES
• Trust and Culture Change
• Industry-Regulatory Trust & Openness in vision
• Culture change in both for industry & regulatory
• Will the Q10 approach disadvantage small & medium manufacturing units?
• What is the scope of QMS (Site or Enterprise)?
• How many companies will require re-engineering of their QMS?
• How will we eventually adopte
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18. CONCLUSIONS
• ICH Q10 requires an understanding of FDA for the 21st Century, ICH Q8 (Design), ICH
Q9 (Risk) as well as ISO 9000 (2005) to maximize benefit
• ICH Q10 is an ISO SYSTEMS approach to GMP
• NOT additional to GMP but integral to GMP
• Covers full life Cycle of a Product
• Objectives: Product Realization, Control & improvement
• Demands Management Team to lead Quality System and which protects public health in
respect of product lifecycle.
• As a management team we firmly believe that effective and robust Quality
• Risk Management underpinned by an effective quality system is key to the successful
implementation of the new concepts described in ICH Q8, Q9 & Q10.
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19. REFERENCES
• International Conference on Harmonisation, ICH Q10: Pharmaceutical Quality
System, May 2007 & June 2008. http://www.ich.org/
• Guidance for Industry: Quality Systems Approach to Pharmaceutical GMP
Regulations, September 2006. http://www.fda.gov/
• International Conference on Harmonisation, ICH Q9: Quality Risk
Management, November 2005. http://www.ich.org/
• Kuchekar B.S., Khadatare A.M., Itkar S.C., Forensic Pharmacy, Nirali
Publication, page no.17.16-17.25.
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