This document summarizes the steps in a Quality by Design (QbD) approach for pharmaceutical development:
1. Define the Target Product Profile to outline the desired quality characteristics.
2. Determine the Critical Quality Attributes that ensure the product's safety, efficacy and quality.
3. Link the material attributes, process parameters and Critical Quality Attributes through experimental studies and risk assessment.
4. Define the Design Space as the multidimensional combination of input variables and process parameters that provide quality assurance.
5. Establish a control strategy for inputs, processes and outputs to maintain final product quality within the design space.