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Article number: 109503

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Get Empowered: Method Validation Manager

Tip #187: Using the Method Validation Manager Option in Empower

Method validation is a regulatory requirement for all pharmaceutical companies. Every compliant laboratory must conduct validation studies to show that analytical methods generate accurate and reliable data. This is required for all methods that are used to confirm the identity, quality, purity, and potency of pharmaceutical products. The validation process is time-consuming and can be prone to errors. The MVM option for Empower organizes and streamlines the entire method validation process. 

ENVIRONMENT

  • Empower

PROCEDURE

Preliminary information

  1. Depending on the "method type" (or the USP category), different tests need to be carried out.
  • Category 1 is for API assay, and the tests to be carried out are accuracy, precision, specificity, linearity, and range.
  • Category 2 is for quantitative and limit tests for impurities.
  • Category 3 is for dissolution and drug release tests.
  • Category 4 is for identification tests.

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  1. The "workflow" using the Empower MVM option is as follows:

A validation protocol method is created and approved prior to initiating any experimental work.

A validation study is created and executed. During this step, the results are compared to the acceptance criteria set in the validation protocol.

Once the data is processed and reviewed, the results can be displayed in a report using report templates provided with the MVM option, which can be customized as needed.

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Actual Procedure

  1. Purchase and activate the license for the MVM option for your Empower installation.
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  2. Create two projects. The first project is a Validation Template project in which you create the validation protocol. The Validation Protocol defines the tests to be run, the data to be acquired for each test, and the acceptance criteria for each test. 
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  3. The second project is a Validation Working project in which you create and carry out a validation study. The study is based on the validation protocol created in the validation template project.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Use the Pro interface when working with the Method Validation Manager option. 

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