Nitrosamines Tag

The guideline “Additional guidance on the assessment on the risk assessment for presence of N-nitrosamines in APIs”, first prepared in February 2020 by the APIC Nitrosamines Task Force on behalf of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Committee (APIC), has now been revised by a subgroup of the APIC Nitrosamines Task Force to reflect latest guidance and recommended practice and recently published on the APIC website. The document is now called “Nitrosamine Risk Management: Guidance for API Manufacturers” and has been extensively updated.

Among the new features introduced, a separate chapter is dedicated to the incorporation of nitrosamine risk management into the quality management system.

 

SOURCES:

https://apic.cefic.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/APIC-Nitrosamines-Risk-management_Guidance-for-API-Manufacturers_Final.pdf

Revision 22 of the Q&A document “Questions and answers for marketing authorisation holders/applicants on the CHMP Opinion for the Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 referral on nitrosamine impurities in human medicinal products” has been published on the EMA website.

The additions and changes made mainly concern the questions 10 and 22.

Updates to Q&A 10 to clarify the applicable acceptable intake (AI) limit to different administration routes and accepted in vivo study type.

Update of Q&A 22 to highlight expectations for the submission of changes in shelf-life and storage conditions required to comply with the interim limit during CAPA implementation.

 

SOURCES:

https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory-overview/post-authorisation/pharmacovigilance-post-authorisation/referral-procedures-human-medicines/nitrosamine-impurities/nitrosamine-impurities-guidance-marketing-authorisation-holders