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Manufacture and Supply, Science and Reg ulation Towards High-Qua lity Medicinal Products
Table 4: The 5Vs of leader influence
Vision • Keep the vision consistent
Be determined in driving the cultural change
Communicate the vision frequently
Make the vision readily available to all levels of organization
Visibility • Conduct Gemba walks (i.e. on-site walkthroughs) to interact with
employees and observe routine operations
Conducting informal and formal quality-based discussion with employees to identify quality concerns, or new ideas to improve organizational culture
Voi ce
Values
Vigilance • Identifying and consistently monitoring measurable quality met-
Believe in the organizational values to influence the desired behaviour eectively
Messages on the importance of quality should be easily understood
Routine operations should be consistent with organizational values
“Soft skills”, i.e. humility, empathy, active listening promotes a positive culture
Empower employees to voice out their concerns
rics to ensure accountability for continuous quality improvement
Consistently monitoring employee engagement and encourage feedback for assessing current organizational culture
integrity as it provides practical recommendations on building a quality culture [138].
In facilitating a behavioural change, employers may consider the ABC (antecedent, behaviour, consequence) model: where an ante­cedent encourages a behaviour and leads to a consequence, which in turn influences the recurrence of behaviours [141], see Figure 3. While antecedents are essential in triggering a behaviour, it is the consequence that significantly motivates or demotivates the latter
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Antecedent
Behaviour
Consequence
Figure 3: ABC model of behavioural change
SOPs: standard operating procedures.
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Examples:
Employees’ attitudes and skillset SOPs Available resources (i.e. time,
equipment)
Examples:
Promotion Employers’ approval or
disapproval Developing a sense of pride
[142]. As such, in the implementation measures to eectively cor­rect a behaviour, consequences should be emphasized over ante­cedents. In addition, a ratio of positive to negative consequences at 4:1 is recommended to sustain performance outcomes [141].
Employees are also crucial in transforming the organizational cul­ture [143]. Training for employees should help them understand the organization’s quality objectives, SOPs and their individual role in achieving said objectives [144]. In addition, they should leverage on the “speak up” culture to provide feedback on how the senior man­agement can customize the quality culture messages to be more relevant to their work [145].
Developing a culture of quality excellence is not an instantaneous process as it requires a change of mindsets: senior management must
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drive the change while employees must be motivated to change. An eective collaboration at all organizational levels will ensure that the change can be expedited, and the culture remains sustainable in the long term.
Conclusion
With the patent expiry of innovator biopharmaceuticals, more bio­similars will be developed for use. In general, this paper has shown that most biopharmaceuticals share similar manufacturing pro­cesses and considerations, providing useful insights for manufac­turers who are interested to include biosimilars in their pipeline. However, it is still highly advisable for manufacturers to demon­strate an extensive product and process understanding as there may be certain methods that are not suitable or relevant for their prod­uct. Due to their inherent complexity, biopharmaceuticals present challenges in assuring product quality. This can be addressed with real-time monitoring and better predictive modelling, as well as other solutions that are not discussed in this paper.
For the RAs and IOs, the outlook on GMP harmonization for biop­harmaceuticals is highly promising. As countries improve and har­monize their GMP standards, there will be a greater assurance of quality and safety of biopharmaceuticals. However, more eort is needed in providing guidelines on the interchangeability of biosim­ilars to encourage their use. With greater collaboration among RAs and IOs, practical experience can be shared, and this can facilitate improvement of existing guidelines. The challenges presented by biopharmaceuticals, although daunting, are not insurmountable. With technological advances and better collaboration between key stakeholders, these challenges can be eectively managed.
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List of abbreviations
ABC Antecedent, Behaviour, Consequence ALCOA
AMS API ASEAN ATMP CAPA CAR CDSCO CBER cGMP CHO CPP CQA EMA EU European Union GMP HEK-293 Human Embryonic Kidney 293 HPLC ICH IoT Internet of Things mAb MRA NMPA PAT PIC/S PRCA Pure Red Cell Aplasia QbD QRM RA rDNA
Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original and Accurate
ASEAN Member States Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Association of Southeast Asian Nations Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product Corrective Action and Preventive Action Chimeric Antigen Receptor
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Current Good Manufacturing Practice Chinese Hamster Ovary Critical Process Parameters Critical Quality Attributes European Medicines Agency
Good Manufacturing Practice
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography International Council for Harmonisation
Monoclonal Antibody Mutual Recognition Arrangement National Medical Products Administration Process Analytical Technologies Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme
Quality-by-Design Quality Risk Management Regulatory Authority Recombinant Deoxyribonucleic Acid
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RIPP Recovery, Intermediate Purification And Polishing RT-PCR SMRT SOP TRS
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Single Molecule Real Time Standard Operating Procedure
Tech nical Report Series US United States WHO
World Health Organisation
Competing interests: None.
Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned; externally peer
reviewed.
Authors
Adjunct Associate Professor Sia Chong Hock1, BSc (Pharm), MSc Sia Ming Kian Chan Lai Wah
1
National University of Singapore
1
, BSc (Pharm) (Hons), Graduate Associate Professor
1
, BSc (Pharm) (Hons), PhD
Department of Pharmacy, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543
References
This article has 145 references which can be found at https://gabi­journal.net/global-challenges-in-the-manufacture-regulation-and­international-harmonization-of-gmp-and-quality-standards-for­biopharmaceuticals.html.
Chapter 10
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10.1. Introduction

anomedicines are medicinal or health products which are developed using nanotechnology with the objec­tive of diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diseases at
N
cines offer advantages over conventional medicines, including more effective targeting of difficult-to-reach sites, improved solubility and bioavailability, and reduced adverse effects. Hence, nanomedicines can be used to achieve the same therapeutic effect at smaller doses than their conventional counterparts. Two types of nanomedicines are described in this chapter. They include nanocarriers used in drug delivery, and nanosuspensions used in the improvement of drug solu­bility. While nanomedicines offer promising benefits, there are con­cerns that the inherent properties of nanoparticles such as their size,
the molecular level. Due to their nano size, nanomedi-
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shape, agglomeration and aggregation potential, and surface chem­istry can adversely affect the safety and quality of nanomedicines. Currently, there are few regulatory guidelines which have been devel­oped specifically for nanomedicines. This is due to inadequate knowl­edge regarding nanoparticle behavior, the absence of standardized nomenclature, test methods, and characterization of nanoparticles, as well as difficulty in determining primary jurisdiction for combi­nation products. In addition, a shortage of trained personnel, a lack of a nanomedicine-specific safety protocol, and ineffective control of nanoparticle contamination challenge the current good manufactur­ing practice requirements governing the manufacture of nanomedi­cines. Some national regulatory authorities (NRAs) are in the midst of improving their current framework for controlling the manufac­turing processes, product quality, and safety of nanomedicines.
10.2. Advantages of Nanomedicines
Nanomedicines employ particles with nanometer dimensions (about 100 nm or less) so that they are small enough to interact with biomolecules, such as enzymes and receptors, to detect and treat pathologic problems even before the expression of disease symp­toms. Due to their small size, nanomedicines oer at least three advantages over conventional medicines as described below.
10.2.1. Eective Targeting of Dicult-To-Reach Sites
Nanoparticles are small enough to sneak past the immune system and enter certain sites in the human body that are less accessible to conventional medicines, which employ micron-sized drug particles.
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Thus, they are intensively researched to develop therapies that target specific diseases such as cancer tumors, which generally have a more permeable vasculature and an impaired lymphatic drainage. With a size of only 10 to 100 nm, nanoparticles can exploit these tumors to passively diuse and accumulate within the tumor. They can also undergo surface modifications with antibodies and other ligands to achieve specific targeting with tumor cells or tumor-bearing organs. As a result, many nanomedicines are directed towards cancer treat­ment due to their potential in delivering highly potent and toxic drugs to tumors, while minimizing non-specific damage and toxic­ity. The ability of nanoparticles to traverse the blood-brain barrier has also been utilized to develop therapies for diseases of the brain.
10.2.2. Improved Solubility, Bioavailability, and Reduced Side Eects
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Many conventional drug candidates fail clinical or pre-clinical tests due to their inherently poor solubility with consequences of low bioavailability, poor delivery to target sites, and unpredictable tox­icity. These issues can be resolved by sizing the drug particles to the nano level so that their interface with the surrounding liquid medium is drastically increased, with a resultant steep rise in disso­lution rate and saturation solubility. The consequent improvement in solubility enhances the drug’s bioavailability, side-eect profile, and dose homogeneity to achieve better therapeutic outcomes.
10.2.3 Achieving the Same Therapeutic Eect with Smaller Doses
The chemical and biological reactivity of nanoparticles are greatly enhanced due to their decreased size and increased specific surface
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area. As such, a smaller number of nanoparticles can achieve the same therapeutic eect as compared to microparticles of the same mass dose due to the former’s greater interaction with biological components. A smaller overall dose could reduce the need for fre­quent administration of drugs and its associated inconvenience. The larger specific surface area and higher reactivity of nano-sized drugs also confer upon them the advantage of a faster onset of drug action.

10.3. Types of Nanomedicines

10.3.1. Nanocarrier Systems
Nanocarrier systems consist of a biodegradable and biocompati­ble casing that encapsulates or conjugates therapeutic and diag­nostic agents to protect them against degradation in the body. Often, functionalized moieties are attached to the nanocarriers to improve the solubility of these agents in the bloodstream and to guide them to specific locations. Once delivered to the target site, the active ingredient is released either via erosion of the casing due to pH changes, heat, light or magnetic fields, or direct diu­sion of the active ingredient through the casing into the tissues or cells. Examples of nanocarriers are liposomes and polymeric micelles.
A liposome is a sphere of amphiphilic bilayer membranes composed of natural or synthetic lipids surrounding an aqueous core which contains the active ingredient (see diagram on next page).
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Diagram showing cross-section of a liposome
(extracted from www.bio.miami.edu)
Liposomes are particularly useful for the protection and transport of biotechnological drugs that are unstable in the bloodstream. Due to their small size and similar constituency as that of biolog­ical membranes, liposomes can escape opsonization and reside long enough to transport their cargo across the cell membrane successfully. An example of an approved liposome nanocarrier sys­tem is Doxil
®
, which contains doxorubicin used to treat Kaposi’s
Sarcoma — a cancer of the skin.
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Polymeric micelles (5 to 100 nm) are generally smaller than liposomes (20 to 1,000 nm) and consist of several hundred block copolymers (see diagram on next page). These copolymers com­prise a hydrophobic core and hydrophilic shell for encapsulating the drug and ensuring micelle solubility, respectively. The hydrophilic shell is usually made of poly(ethylene) oxide which prevents protein adsorption and cellular adhesion. Sometimes, the drug may also be covalently linked to the micellar surface. Micelle-based drugs have potential for commercialization.