Table of contents
- Reprocessing (3.2.S.2.2, 3.2.P.3.3)
- Raw materials and media components (3.2.S.2.3)
- Method identification numbers (3.2.S.4.1, 3.2.P.5.1)
- Process validation, removal of process related impurities, process related impurities testing (3.2.S.2.5, 3.2.P.3.5)
- Host cell proteins testing, drug substance specification (3.2.S.3.2, 3.2.S.4.1, 3.2.S.4.5)
- Biosimilar medicinal products: characterization, side-by-side comparison, specification, biosimilarity, analytical comparability (3.2.S, 3.2.S.3.1, 3.2.S.4.1, 3.2.P.5.1, 3.2.R)
- Monoclonal antibodies specification, ADCC activity (3.2.S.4.1, 3.2.P.5.1)
- Polysorbate testing in finished product specification (3.2.P.5)
- Low Endotoxin Recovery, Endotoxin masking effect (3.2.P.5.3)
- Non-novel excipients manufactured using recombinant technology (3.2.P.4, 3.2.A.3)
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