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SUPAC-SS: Nonsterile Semisolid Dosage Forms; Scale-Up and Post-Approval Changes: Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls; In Vitro Release Testing and In Vivo Bioequivalence Documentation Guidance for Industry May 1997

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Docket Number:
FDA-1997-D-0380
Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

This guidance provides recommendations to pharmaceutical sponsors of new drug applications (NDAs), abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs), and abbreviated antibiotic drug applications (AADAs) who intend to change (1) the components or composition, (2) the manufacturing (process and equipment), (3) the scale-up/scale-down of manufacture, and/or (4) the site of manufacture of a semisolid formulation during the postapproval period. This guidance addresses nonsterile semisolid preparations (e.g., creams, gels, lotions, and ointments) intended for topical routes of administration. The guidance defines (1) the levels of change; (2) recommended chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) tests to support each level of change; (3) recommended in vitro release tests and/or in vivo bioequivalence tests to support each level of change; and (4) documentation to support the change

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