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(54)Title:METHODFORMAKINGINJECTABLEPHARMACEUTICALCOMPOSITIONS
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(57)Abstract:Theinventionrelatestomethodsformakingin?jectablepharmaceuticalcompositionswhereinparticlespresentinthecompositionsaredetectedandanalyzedandtheacceptance
alhe
METHODFORMAKINGINJECTABLEPHARMACEUTICALCOMPOSITIONS
Cross-ReferencetoRelatedApplications
ThisapplicationclaimsthebenefitofU.S.ProvisionalApplicationNo.62/661,929,filedon
April24,2018,whichisherebyincorporatedbyreference.
FieldoftheInvention
[0001]
Theinventionrelatestomethodsformakinginjectablepharmaceuticalcompositions.
Inparticular,theinventionrelatestomethodsfordetectingandanalyzingparticlesinaninjectablepharmaceuticalcompositionanddeterminingwhetherthecompositionisacceptable.
BackgroundoftheInvention
[0002]
Injectablepharmaceuticalcompositionsincludesolutionssuitableforintravenous,
intramuscularandsubcutaneousadministration.Manufactureprocessesformakingthesecompositionsmayintroduceparticlestothecompositionsfromextrinsicsourcessuchasthemanufacturingenvironment,equipmentandpackaging,and/orintrinsicsourcessuchastheexcipientsusedformakingthecompositions.Duetopotentialhealthrisksthatparticlesmayhaveonpatients(e.g.,injectionsitereactions),particlecontrolstrategieshavebeenimplementedin
manufacturingprocessesbasedoncurrentregulatoryexpectations.Theseincludeimplementingparticlecontrolapproachestoreduceparticlecontaminationduringmanufactureaswellasinspectingandanalyzingforthepresenceofparticlesininjectablepharmaceuticalcompositionsattheendofmanufacturingprocesses.
[0003]
Particlecontrolapproachesincludereducingparticlesfrommanufacturingequipment
andmanufacturingenvironments.Thearthasdevelopedandadoptedinspectionandquality
controlstrategiestoensureinjectablepharmaceuticalcompositionsmeetacceptableparticle
levels.Onceinjectablepharmaceuticalcompositionsaremanufactured,theyareinspectedforthepresenceofparticles.Thearthasalsoadoptedstandardsforacceptableparticlelevels.Forexample,theUSPharmacopeiarecommendsthatparticlesmaybeobservedinnomorethanaspecifiednumberofdrugproductunits,asdeterminedbyastaticallyjustifiedsamplingplan,wheninspectedunderspecificconditions.However,currentparticlecontrolandinspectionstrategiesdonottakeintoconsiderationthesafetyortoxicologyinformationassociatedwith