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DRUG REGISTRATION GUIDANCE DOCUMENT (DRGD) - BPFK

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Drug Registration Guidance Document (<strong>DRGD</strong>)6. CERTIFICATES OF SUITABILITY (CEP)6.1. CEP stands for certification of suitability of European Pharmacopoeiamonographs/ Certificate of Pharmacopoeia.6.2. The CEP is a document that is used to demonstrate that the purity of a givensubstance produced by a given manufacturer is suitably controlled by therelevant monograph(s) of the European Pharmacopoeia. By demonstratinggrant a CEP for given API, the suppliers of the API can prove such suitabilityto their pharmaceutical industry clients and the NPCB.6.3. The PRH should include a copy of the most current CEP in the dossier,together with the following:A written assurance that no significant changes in the manufacturingmethods or processing have taken place following the granting of thecertificate or its last revision andA declaration from the API manufacturer that the local PRH and theNPCB shall be notified should there be any future change in the APIspecifications in the manufacturing process that is likely to affect theproduct‟s quality or safety.Note: All such written statements must state the name of the drug product(product name, dosage form and product strength) to be registeredand the local PRH responsible for finished product registration.6.4 If reference is made to a CEP, the PRH should submit a copy of the validCEP, including all annexes, in lieu of a DMF.Along with the CEP, the applicant should supply the following information inthe product dossier.• 3.2.S.1.3 General properties - discussions on any additionalapplicable physicochemical and other relevant API properties that arenot controlled by the CEP and Ph.Eur. monograph, e.g. solubilitiesand polymorphs as per guidance in this section.• 3.2.S.3.1 Elucidation of structure and other characteristics -studies to identify polymorphs (exception: where the CEP specifies apolymorphic form) and particle size distribution, where applicable, asper guidance in this section.National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau (NPCB)First Edition, January 2013 Page | 321

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